Had a brochure job to shoot for a club and part of that was to shoot the food they will be offering on their menus.

Here are a few shots;









I'll post more as I go. Was just going for a clean white look as I wasn't too sure on the layout of the brochure :/

This post was edited by lithfkn on Dec 16 2010 01:19am

Great job nick. Lovely pictures, haven't seen your pictures in a long long time!

First one looks delicious.. can i have a bite?

#2 is awesome. Good job!

Why have the front part of the ice cream out of focus though? Is there a benefit to that with this type of shooting?

Bokeh and small aperture always adds that 'professional' look to photographs. Try to imagine what your own vision is like and compare it to this image. For example, the angle he shot it from is similar to the angle you'd see the food from by sitting on a restaurant table if your height is ~ 170-175 cm (which is awfully average). Next, the photo is composed so that the focus point hits the golden point (instead of the fake thirds). Finally, the blur, although i'd have chosen a more broad aperture (~.5 to 1 F stop), is very close to what you see in your plate. Add the ever-present white to contrast the brown chocolate and you have a very enticing photo.

love 1 and 2. could you explain how all these were lit?

Well said sir, thanks for the explanation.

Damn, I'm very very very hungry now.
Thanks.

I hate how #3/4 focus on the leaf =[
i wanted to see all the herbs and seasonings and stuff on the actual thing

of all the picture i like the number one, the photo show's it's full appearance of the dish.