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so you guys like real colors more than abstract?

I like this one better...
Im no an abstract person

My turn to spam...


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S : 1/3s, A : F22, ISO : 200, f : 16mm

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Mar 3 2010, 04:14 PM

destful : Yea much better. (: abstract me no likey.

this seems a lil' underexposed to me

aaa bro's i am in a budget dilemna duno wanna buy photix a550 grip or not...feel abit plasticky though...but no budget for the expensive ori sony ones

do u really need the grip or not..if u r really on tight budget

sry thou
how to be good in food photog???
should i have flashed? or change the metering to "spot"?? or juz increase the EV??

u r in the same dilemma like me....later maybe can try the phottix grip...kinda cheap la...

not sure wads the best method though...
bros here asked me to use photoshop b4...do some tweaking on brightness, contrast etc...now, i gotto live with it
so u can try it too...it does gives u some splendid results =D

Im still learning... but IMHO food photography generally is to make the food look delicious (although at times, one may want to shoot the bad side (or fault) of the food).

In my opinion, a good food should look fresh not pale (eg green vegis should look fresh green, not pale and rotten), colorful not bland (note: colorful does not necessarily mean many colors. It may mean for example a sate ayam look "golden"ly delicious, not pale yellow ... etc), beautifully presented not cluncky and messy (eg bits of food arranged in beautiful arrangement... not berterabur or for example in your picture, the plate look messy )

Maybe some other can explain more

p/s: pls correct me if Im wrong...

This post has been edited by Banzai_san: Mar 3 2010, 05:27 PM

Just pluck this out from my old blog entry. My friend Dennis gave some tips on food photography couple of months ago.

1. Lighting
Dennis shared us in setting white balance and getting sufficient ambiance lighting on the subjects.

2. Props
To fill in the frame as a compliment to the main subject.

3. Be Quick
Food are definitely look good when it was served, thus being quick is a must. Nobody likes rotten food.

4. Style it
Arrange the food to make it look good is definitely a must!

5. Enhance it
This relates to lighting by utilizing creating Creative Lighting System (CLS) or remote flash.

6. Get down low
Look for the right angle, preferably lower angle down to the subject level.

7. Macro
Zoom in close for details. Closing up to the subject is part of macro pointed out by Dennis.

8. Steam
Food looks good when we can see the steam, it relates to being quick.


- Style, Enhancing, Polish of the food can be done using Olive Oil.
- Use artificial steam. To make artificial steam economically, use cotton. Wet the cotton and place it in the microwave for a minute, take the cotton out and place it behind the subject/food.
- Etc

..cheap but useful portrait shooting and battery booster in budget =]

it wont boost ur batt, unless u get extra batt... Lol....

for A550(and A300series), seriously, i find it a little overrate and pricey for the ori grip for 1 dail and 2 button, and a shutter release... just buy the 3rd party ones if u think u prefer to hold it portrait orientation. i myself felt comfy without it thou

thanks for advice...
rugi already alot food pics taken at Acheh i rechecked was underexposed & not suitable color..

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Added on March 3, 2010, 6:16 pm#8 . how to take the "steam" pics???
ordered something sizzling before and tried snap few pics but not getting the steam. come out like smoky only

This post has been edited by mastering89: Mar 3 2010, 06:16 PM

there is no right or wrong way to shoot food... just, how u wan to show it...

usually i shoot wider then 'too' close up... this way, i have space to crop and recompose it.

here is an example when i shoot wide, what type of cropping i can comes up with. (the ori picture is wider then the 1st pic, this show how much space u can work with 10mp...)







and i personally like the last pic. some ppl might like others, (a lot of my friends like the 3rd pic)... so which u like?

my method all close up i take with flash upward with bounce card

and +1 ev... hehe.. because almost all my shot even with flash is underexposed..


IeR!.. mind to share exif... looks yummy even i dont eat sushi

it's normal to be smoky

hot icecream?



This post has been edited by ieR: Mar 3 2010, 06:28 PM

ops .... actually what I wanna say in the term of 'battery booster' was the ability to put an extra battery for enlarge the battery capacity haha looks like I misleading >.<

And is right that A300 and A500(A450 included) series battery grip for original just give the extra grip feel and tougher built compare to the 3rd party .... which I found it wasn't a big deal for having the original unless .. you really often for vertical shooting and prefer better ergonomics ....

it's attach with the photo, i dont remove exif

sry wrong word used..
smoky is ok, still smoke is fine...
mine was hazy...

here's not so god pic...