Week 2

On Thursday we got to do quite a bit of creative practical work which was fun and a change. We also did some more on our research reports, we had a class discussion and did some different research about how to photograph food well. Which is actually very difficult.

The first 4 photos bellow are not mine, I found them all on the Internet on professional photography websites. The are all effective photos, some better than others but all using different techniques and do make me very hungry. Yes, they do have artificial lighting and other things that we cant get our hands on but the core styles run thought all of the photos, even mine. We were provided with some food to photograph, the pictures of the quiche, water and salad are mine. They aren't fantastic but despite the darkness, i don't think there's much wrong with them. I rather like the proportion and the focus is good so they do have that feeling of professionalism. I believe this is because i used many techniques that professionals use such as leading lines and rules of thirds. For example, in my quiche photo i used a fork to lead in the viewers eye towards the quiche. In the picture of the steak they did exactly that.

The proffesional photos i found on the internet are deffinetly effective and make me and i'm sure others, hungry. Why? The colours are so strong and draw in the viewers eye, the composition is perfect and the products are very astheticly pleasing unlike the quiche. I think if i were given the same equipment and a good enough product as the proffesionals i could produce photos as good as theirs.