Ollie at work preparing the dish
Me at work
I’ve been so busy with setting up the new website that I hardly have had time to shoot any food. Most of the stuff is working now, with a few minor exceptions, so I thought I post some ‘old’ photos of a behind the scenes of one of the food shoot that I did with Ollie, the foodstylist. It was for our portfolio, so not for a particular customer, so it’s easier to show here. On the left you see Ollie at work, making sure the dish looks perfect and on the right you see me (photo taken by Oliver) trying to make a decent photo out of it.
The dish itself was rice with seaweed, on top of that a slice of smoked monkfish (delicious!!) on a bed of rockchives and some caviar inside to add a touch of color. The whole scene was lit with one Bowens Gemini 500 from the left. I shot it through tracing paper to get a softer light and I added a touch of light into the roll of monkfish so it lit up. I use mirrors quite a lot as it gives you just that bit of extra light you need sometimes.
What I will also be doing is to post here a couple of ‘howto’s’ for foodphotography. Nothing to complicated and mainly using daylight, but I thought some people might find it interesting. The first topic I will post is on how to improve your photos dramatically with only a few minor changes….
Smoked monkfish with rice on rock chives
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