How to be a Quick Food Photographer

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Tip 1 - 11 Quick Food Photography Tips to Make Mouth Watering Images - Digital Photography School

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Colin Crofts | permalink

One of my first jobs in photography involved shooting food, including doing shots for a cookbook. I learned a lot about food styling and choosing the right props. If you’ve ever needed to take some food photographs or think this is something you might want to try, here’s a few quick tips for you to …

For further reading: http://digital-photography-school.com/11-quick-food-photography-tips-to-make-mouth-watering-images/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Fast Food

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by eduardogege | permalink

Since the 1950's fast food has become so global that its icons are often as recognizable as popular historical figures—its image heavily absorbed into the public unconscious. "Fast Food" is a typology of the food on its own. Hamburgers, French fries, chicken nuggets and "specialty" sandwiches are scanned on stark black backgrounds, isolated from their common context, without name recognition, nearly floating in space. Under austere, uniform lighting; stripped of branding, packaging and iconography, the food takes on a disgustingly scientific, yet ethereal quality. These photographs investigate the love/hate relationship that many Americans have with fast food, and, like many other aspects of popular culture, its ability to be simultaneously seductive and repulsive.

For further reading: http://www.jonfeinstein.com/fastfood/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - 6 Quick and Easy Tricks to Improve Your Food Photography

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Judy Wilbur | permalink

Love food photography and want to improve your skills? Check out these quick and easy tricks to take your food photography to the next level.

For further reading: http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2015/06/food-photography-tricks/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - The Dirty Tricks of Food Photographers

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Joan Mc Culley | permalink

For further reading: http://www.photocritic.org/articles/the-dirty-tricks-of-food-photographers ^[4]

Tip 5 - Fast Food Not As Pictured | Fast Food - Consumer Reports

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by erwlasps 3 | permalink

Fast food meals often don't look like their pictures in ads, as Consumer Reports testers found when they visited McDonald's, Burger King, Dunkin Donuts, Subway, and Quiznos.

For further reading: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2014/02/fast-food-not-as-pictured/index.htm ^[5]