Food Photography for Dinner4Two
I really do love variety in photography. Makes me a better and more rounded photographer I do believe. By photographing different products, locations, and lighting scenarios, I have the opportunity to be even more creative as I work out different lighting methods, create lighting modifiers, filters and reflectors to bring out the very best in my own interpretation of how the product should be presented while pleasing the client.
Food photography is a perfect example. Food is one of the more difficult subjects to photograph. Not only is the lighting different, but the food has to be fresh and still hot as I fire away the camera. The scene has to be created to bring out the message each dish is to represent and then set up the lighting that makes the food believable, appetizing, and so appealing to the consumer they must purchase the product.
The most difficult part of food photography? The silverware. Silverware is very reflective and my lighting must build reflections on the silver to bring out its metallic properties while building depth and form in the object to make it believable and not lost in the table scape.
Last week, my staff and I created over 3 days 19 menu items and and ad for Dinner4Two's website presence, bridal shows and magazine ads. Dinner4Two is part of the Royal Prestige family of stainless steel cookware. Chef Dave from Tampa, Florida flew up and created the recipes while we photographed them straight off the gas grille. Below is only a few of the many images from our shoot and I will post more later.
Enjoy and wish you could have been there with us as we savored each and every meal, after photographing them of course!
Bon Appetit
David Wright
