Thursday, April 28, 2011

10 Tips for Mouth Watering Food Photography

10 Tips for Mouth Watering Food Photography: "Food is in front of us every day – 24/7. On our plates, in magazines, on TV and even on computer screens."

11 Great Camera Angles for Food Photography

11 Great Camera Angles for Food Photography: "Choosing the best angle, when shooting food, comes from a good observation and an inner feeling. Before composing your image, try to enter into a visual meditation, move calmly around your subject and simply observe with your bare eyes. Just keep in mind that this meditation cannot be long-lasting, as you know that freshly prepared food will not continue to maintain that “fresh look” for more than a few minutes."

10 Tips to Improve Your Food Photography Styling

10 Tips to Improve Your Food Photography Styling: "While portrait photographers need to be skilled in the art of getting their subjects to relax in front of the camera to get a great shot, we food photographers have things a little easier. At least our subjects (mostly) can’t talk."

Does Mirror Lock-Up (MLU) Help Macro Shots?

Does Mirror Lock-Up (MLU) Help Macro Shots?: "First, for those who might not be familiar with the term, mirror lock-up (MLU) is a function on many SLR cameras which helps reduce vibration inside the camera. In the sequence that follows pressing the shutter release (mirror moves up out of the way, second curtain activates, first curtain exposes, second curtain closeses, mirror returns to original position) the activity of the mirror springing out of the way, intended to be an extremely fast action, can cause this vibration as it comes to a stop inside the camera. Under normal circumstances this activity produces a very minimal effect, often not noticed."

Resize, Split or Crop Images the Easy Way

Resize, Split or Crop Images the Easy Way: "In the Web 2.0 world, there is no shortage of image-editing Web sites. There is, however, a shortage of image-editing Web sites that split images for printing on multiple pages."