There are so many things wrong with the above shot (taken during a candlelit dinner at Loteria Grill in Hollywood), at least according to the food photography tips provided by top food blogging photographers – Matt Armendariz of Matt Bites, Wesley Wong of TwoHungryPandas and Sarah J. Gim of The Delicious Life/TasteSpotting. Ugh! That picture is just so horrible. I’m so embarrassed.
Anyway, so I asked the food pornographers for their secrets on taking a great picture for my post “5 Tips on How To Take Food Porntastic Shots” I did today on LA Weekly‘s SquidInk food blog. Hint: The use of flash is the lesser of my above picture’s many sins. I’m still learning! Click here to get schooled on how to make your own food shots droolworthy.
caro ~ i LOVE that you have the confidence to post what you consider a bad picture in this post about taking food photos.
and we forgot to mention the use of the flashlight app on the iPhone :)
Heh thanks. But sadly it was easier for me to find a bad pic than a good one.
Regarding the “bad” photo, I’m not sure that there’s much that you could’ve done better with it. Given a dark room paired with a blindingly bright flame, I’d be hard pressed to come up with a “good” shot.
So what was it about the iPhone app? I think the flashlights and stuff give a purple hue to pics that kind of corrupt the colors actually going on in the food. That is, if no other options are available. Just shouldn’t be an automatic. ;)
kevinEats,
Well exactly. I should have removed that flame, take out that glass, reframed the shot, used a tripod and so on.
Esther,
Yeah, I’m not crazy about that flashlight app or using my little purse light either. Just doesn’t look good.