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Giveaway: Food Styling for Photographers
Thanks for entering, everyone! Random.org picked #20, which is Anne! Drop me a line and let me know where to send the book, Anne!
Because the chicken pox put a serious damper on my time and blogging options, here’s a giveaway! What a novel idea! I’m giving away a copy of Linda Bellingham & Jean Ann Bybee’s ‘Food Styling for Photographer’s’.
I have the book myself and it’s a really fun read. Don’t expect miracles and let me tell you upfront that I find some of their techniques highly disputable—that kind of styling has nothing to do with food, in my humble opinion. Substituting ice-cream for colored Crisco is not food styling. I don’t care how much bright light you have to work with, that’s duping people. So is brushing motor oil on barely cooked meat or chicken to make it look prettier!
But you’ll definitely be able to find a few tips and tricks in this book filled with beautiful photographs and handy photography tips, to give your own food styling a slight push in the right direction.
To enter, answer the following question:
“How would you like to improve your own photography? Better lighting technique, styling, composition—what’s your weakness?”
Only one entry per person, please, and no entries after Monday September 6. Winner will be announced later that day!
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Fun! I don’t know if I can pick just one! I’d like to improve in all 3 of those areas.
I would like to improve all this aspects in my food photography, but I think my weakness is styling and composition.
“How would you like to improve your own photography? Better lighting technique, styling, composition—what’s your weakness?”
I would like a kitchen with lots of lighting to get great process photos. My weakness is indubitably color balance. I need a lot of work on that.
Pretty much every thing :) I’m new to food photography.
Technique…I have a long way to go with my photography…i just fiddle around with the camera, read up blogs on photography, but dont seem to have the right “technique”..
I could definitely do with better lighting .. My styling is not that bad, though I run out of ideas sometimes .. better lighting makes a huge difference
Composition (making things look interesting!) and lighting are by far my weaknesses in food photography.
Hi, I come from Italy and I really love your site and your delicious recipes :) I think that my weakness is lighting, ’cause I prefer to make photos without the flash (natural light is better) but my kitchen is a little dark, so I must improve this technique…
How would I like to improve my photography? Let me count the ways!! :)
I need all the tips and tricks I can get.
Composition!
I’d say lighting or using natural lighting.
I would like to improve on always finding good light and then a little post process help. Thank you in advance.
Awww man I suck at composition. The lighting is great but…it just doesn’t LOOK right. :/
I’d like to retain more basic photography information. It does not tend to stay with me. F stops, isos, I’m hopeless.
I really need to work on composition. I find a lot of my photos have very similar angles and I need to explore and be more creative.
I think what would make my photography fundamentally better is learning to the full extent what my camera can actually do. Point and shoot is nice, but discovering shutter speed, controlling exposure and white balance, etc. will really make a difference and I’m slowly getting there, but I still have a long way to go. Fortunately for me, it’s fun to learn.
Hi Kay,
I have alot of weaknesses! But my main weakness is lighting.I always shoot pictures in the morning cause I don’t know how to shoot pictures in the evening they always turn terrible!And even when I shoot pictures in the morning they turn dark…For the life of me I still haven’t found a way to find a solution to take great,bright pictures.That’s what I love about your pictures , you have such bright,colourfull pictures.I really want that to but I just don’t know how.
Lots of Love from someone who needs to practice a lot!
My biggest weakness is the lighting as well but I would love to improve my composition and styling skills as well. There are always ways to improve!!!
Is there an “all of the above” option?? Hahaha, I guess better composition. I try to make my pictures look arty, but I never seem to be able to get them the way I picture them in my head.
Definitely lighting!