How food photos got their start
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Name: Shaheen
Blog Name: The Purple Foodie
Twitter ID: PurpleFoodie
When & why did you start getting into food photography?
When I started my food blog, I went and bought myself a high end camera phone thinking that it’d be perfect because I wouldn’t miss a photo opportunity – bad decision. Soon enough (okay, it took a few months) [...]
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Photo Title & Link: Dobos Torte
Blog Name & Link: Sticky, Gooey, Creamy, Chewy
Equipment Used: Canon Rebel XTi with 100 mm Macro Lens; Manfrotto tripod legs with Really Right Stuff ball head; remote shutter release;
Technical Details: The shot was taken on a rainy day by a southeast facing window. I used two Lowell Ego Lights, one [...]
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Name: Paula Jones
Blog Name: bell’alimento (Italian for beautiful food)
Tell us how you started getting interested in food photography: I’ve always been fascinated with photography but did not get into food photography until I started my food blog earlier this year. After being “coerced” by a couple of friends into starting bell’alimento, it was sink [...]
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Photo Title: Zucchini Nachos
Blog Name: goodLife {eats}
Equipment Used: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5, Photoshop CS
Technical Details:
Macro setting
No Flash
Adjusted the exposure on the camera to +1 (thanks, Helen for this tip in your spotlight!)
Photo Editing:
In Photoshop CS:
1. Images>adjustments>brightness & contrast: adjust to +10 on contrast
2. Used the sponge tool on the edges of the white plate to desaturate. [...]
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Name: Ben Herrera
Blog Name: What’s Cooking?
Tell us how you got into food photography? I’ve always been intrigued by photography. My dad had an old Minolta camera (late 70’s) that I used for my school courses and field trips. However, I never thought about photographing food until my parents wanted to build a portfolio of the [...]
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Name: Katie
Blog Name: goodLife {eats}
When and why did you start getting into food photography?
Last fall I started a recipe blog as a place to share all my favorites, new things I’d tried, and family recipes. I thought it would be nice to have them all in one place and that it would make it [...]
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Snapshot Spotlight will be a regular feature on Culinary Snapshot, featuring blogging food photographers, their backgrounds and tips for creating great food photography! Are you interested in being in the spotlight? Contact me at admin<at>culinarysnapshot.com
I am thrilled to have Helen from Tartelette as our very first Snapshot Spotlight guest. Thank you, Helen, for sharing your [...]
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