Week 30- Food Workshop Studio

This workshop was done in the studio. The light source was a tungston light reflecting onto a large white board to simulate a natural light window. The light was at a fairly low level so as to give longish soft shadows.

We did the exercises in pairs - I was with Steve.

Exercise 1: A custard tart. Props were a teapot & a white mug in the background. We used a reflector on the right side.

Exercise 2: Chillies tied together with red raffia. Two garlics in the background. Lighting was similar to above except the 'window' lighting was farther forward. I found when I downloaded this that it was not quite focused or there was camera shake. So I redid the exercise at home & really the images were not much clearer. The 2 images together - right was from the home shoot & the left was an earlier shot in the studio. Maybe the Tamron lens is not much good!


Exercise 3 (Composed by Steve): Two & a half pears on 2 old wodden planks. Texture was great. Steve decided to have low lighting to simulate an old french barn-type table. So we used no reflector & backed off the 'window'


Exercise 4 (composed by Steve): Risotto garnished with parsley & chilli on a textured mat with a fork as a prop. We increased the lighting from exercise 3 & photographed fairly close.