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Composition & angle

by Simone (junglefrog) on March 3, 2009 · 5 comments

in Howto's, Photography, Shoot a cake

Taken at eyelevel

Once you have figured out how to improve on your lighting skills there is another element that will have a major impact on how your final photo looks and that is the composition and the angle in which you take your photo. In all photography and especially in foodphotography the angle is of great importance [...]

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Daylight tips & tricks

by Simone (junglefrog) on March 2, 2009 · 4 comments

in Howto's, Photography, Shoot a cake

Not what you want your cupcake to look like!

What is cheaper and more readily available then good, old daylight? And it’s a lovely light for food photography, so if you’re on a tight budget or just want to start simple, choose daylight!! Now one of the first ‘mistakes’ I see happen a lot is that many people start using flash as soon as [...]

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How to: Shoot a cake

by Simone (junglefrog) on March 1, 2009 · 6 comments

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Small cupcakes with raspberries

I am not sure when the whole photographing a cake-thing started, but I believe it was after I had done a course in decorating cakes at Oldenhof in Hilversum. I got so enthusiastic that I started searching the internet for more information on decorating cakes and ended up at the forum De leukste taarten where [...]

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Photography terms explained

by Simone (junglefrog) on March 1, 2009 · 0 comments

in Howto's, Photography

Depth of field with cherries

So what are all those terms such as aperture, shutterspeed, iso and what on earth are they used for?? To start off, I will give some basic information on what it is. How you can use it will follow in a later article. Aperture If you click on the above link you will get the [...]

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