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 04/02/2008 08:19:44 PM · #26
Day 2

04/02/2008 08:35:23 PM · #27
Look at all the deliciousness!

I just got home and will be cooking shortly - with camera in hand. Posting and commenting will follow!
 04/03/2008 12:11:53 AM · #28
04/03/2008 12:12:49 AM · #29
Originally posted by imagesbytlp:
Assignment two...we've just been working with light right now.



It's beautiful! Your lighting is exquisite as well as the composition.
 04/03/2008 12:53:38 AM · #30
Originally posted by redjulep:
It's beautiful! Your lighting is exquisite as well as the composition.

I like the rather unusual background color too.
 04/03/2008 02:07:27 AM · #31
Sorry so late tonight, wasn't feeling up to cooking supper so I got a quick snack from a local Asian restaurant.

04/03/2008 03:21:49 AM · #32
This is fun, im just posting for an easy way to lurk...
 04/03/2008 07:32:52 AM · #33
Here is my day 3 photo. Three members of my family have a birthday within a week so when we got together, rather than making 3 seperate cakes this was the result. It's a six laver chocolate cake, it's not my best decorating job, but it tasted great.

04/03/2008 08:13:27 AM · #34

Curry Fired Oysters with a Fresh Wasabi Dipping Sauce


Fuji Apples at The Union Square Market

Question:What are people posting for...to share..to learn...to get hungry? Is it more of a recipe thing or more of a photography thing?

Message edited by author 2008-04-03 09:11:21.
 04/03/2008 02:25:34 PM · #35
Steve, if you want to send some recipies my way I most certainly won't turn them down.
 04/03/2008 02:31:48 PM · #36
Still working on assignment 2...Macro



This is actually for a client, I am shooting her entire product line for her new business...all candy and chocolates!!
 04/03/2008 02:57:25 PM · #37
Originally posted by imagesbytlp:
Still working on assignment 2...Macro



This is actually for a client, I am shooting her entire product line for her new business...all candy and chocolates!!


I like this but something about the wrapper bugs me. I think if they were turned a little so that the wrapper ends weren't "pointing" right at me maybe... They certainly look yummy though :).
 04/03/2008 03:22:55 PM · #38
Originally posted by pawdrix:
Question:What are people posting for...to share..to learn...to get hungry? Is it more of a recipe thing or more of a photography thing?

Yes.

I think it started as a motivation to practice food photography; someone added post the recipe if you want, and then someone somewhere suggested if we got enough good recipes maybe we could put together a recipe book, perhaps in PDF/eBook form ...
 04/03/2008 03:44:36 PM · #39
Originally posted by Photomouse:
Originally posted by imagesbytlp:
Still working on assignment 2...Macro



This is actually for a client, I am shooting her entire product line for her new business...all candy and chocolates!!


I like this but something about the wrapper bugs me. I think if they were turned a little so that the wrapper ends weren't "pointing" right at me maybe... They certainly look yummy though :).


I agree with your thought...at this angle, I lose the definition in the wrapper end and it turns to more of a white cloud. I need to reshoot this one. Thanks!

Message edited by author 2008-04-03 15:45:18.
 04/03/2008 04:03:06 PM · #40
Originally posted by pawdrix:


Question:What are people posting for...to share..to learn...to get hungry? Is it more of a recipe thing or more of a photography thing?


I was so smitten with your photos that I didn't read this question.

What Paul said - 'yes'.

I love to cook and I love photography. Often when I cater food for events, I take photos of it - so I though this would make a fun side challenge.

Post recipes if you like - not a requirement, though.
 04/03/2008 04:54:53 PM · #41
Here we go with some Roast Lamb Sara cooked on Easter Day:


04/03/2008 05:32:48 PM · #42
Originally posted by pawdrix:

Question:What are people posting for...to share..to learn...to get hungry? Is it more of a recipe thing or more of a photography thing?


That's a nice question! I like GeneralE answer: yes!

Sharing: Just fun. Seeing your own results (good or bad) in combination with lots of others.
Learning: Practicing is more helpful than watching and studying (imho). Comments are also very helpful (Wouldn't mind a little more critic).
Hungry: who wouldn't be, seeing all these wonderful photos
Recipes: always nice (although I've sometimes a language problem here)
Photography: isn't that what this site is all about?

Probably not an answer, just expressing my thoughts on a late evening.
 04/03/2008 05:38:13 PM · #43

Day 03 - Chicken soup

(almost forget to post)
 04/03/2008 05:53:07 PM · #44
Originally posted by pennyj1957:
Ok, I know that this is probably a little much (and I didn't take the pictures, I'm in them). But this is my Mom teaching me how to decorate a cake! My Mom is almost 70 yrs old and has stage 4 colon cancer, and I'm 50; in the 30 or so yrs that my mom has been decorating cakes this is the first time she has ever shown me anything about cake decorating. This was a fun time for both of us! No need to comment, just thought I'd share these fun photos!


These are SO PRECIOUS! What a wonderful story, I felt honored to be able to share such a precious mother/daughter moment.
 04/03/2008 08:16:32 PM · #45
Just stumbled across this today...

10 Tastiest Food Photography Tips
 04/03/2008 08:33:36 PM · #46
Day 3:

04/03/2008 09:44:07 PM · #47
04/03/2008 10:00:10 PM · #48
Day 3 - Japanese take out

Anyone know how to correct the yellowish tint I get from taking pictures in my kitchen? (my editing progam is Paint Shop Pro Photo) I'd appreciate any help :)
 04/03/2008 10:17:02 PM · #49
Originally posted by laurie241:
Anyone know how to correct the yellowish tint I get from taking pictures in my kitchen? (my editing progam is Paint Shop Pro Photo) I'd appreciate any help :)

1. Set your White Balance to Tungsten, or use a custom WB setting with a white/gray card calibrated under the ambient lighting.

2. Post-processing, I usually use a Tone Curve (Photoshop terminology) on the Blue Channel -- yellow is the complementary color to blue -- to remove some of the yellow.

In my cornbread shot previously posted here, I used the same Blue/Yellow Curve to "whiten" the plate while making the cornbread yellower by pushing the lightest tones towards blue and the mid/dark tones towards yellow. I will take and post some screen-shots for you ...

Unadjusted: Add RGB Curve: Add Blue/Yellow Curve:

On the Blue Curve graph, pulling the curve down (lowering the output value) will make the image more blue, while increasing the output value makes it more yellow. With this graph I am making the highlights bluer and the mid- and shadow-tones yellower.

BTW: Take into account that this advice is coming from someone who is red-green colorblind ... ;-)

Message edited by author 2008-04-03 22:41:22.
 04/03/2008 10:49:19 PM · #50
Originally posted by laurie241:

Anyone know how to correct the yellowish tint I get from taking pictures in my kitchen? (my editing progam is Paint Shop Pro Photo) I'd appreciate any help :)


Your white balance is off for sure. Try two things in camera first...
Use your Auto White Balance, see what happens. There has to be a better match than what you have OR you have conflicting light sources, perhaps? Don't be afraid to shoot at a higher ISO if shooting handheld. If you're using a tripod slow down your shutter speed.

In Paintshop Pro, look for Selective Color Controls and attack the Yellows also try to do some simple desaturation to the whole image.
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