Food Photography
April17
Food Photography 10 tips
- Use less food
- Use paper to add texture
- Look for contrast
- Allow food to spread naturally
- choose simple crockery and table
- Look at the natural beauty of food
- Get some work in progress shots
- Try and capture the “yum” factor
- Always be on the lookout for ideas
- Dig in and reshoot
Beatrice Peltre
Information
- Grew up in france
- runs the food blog La Tartine Gourmande
- works as a freelance food writer, food stylist, and photographer
- Currently lives in Boston with her husband and eight month- old daughter
- Currently writing her own cookbook
- clients include ; Chronicle Books, Epic Roots, Edible Boston, and the Boston Globe food Section.
Style
- Takes pictures of food, nature, and of people and objects she sees while traveling.
- Uses colorful props to create interest when photographing food.
Samples
Playing With Your Food
My Ideas
- I could bake desserts(brownies , cookies, cakes?) and bring in colorful plates and fruit to make the pictures more interesting.
- I could use fruits and make different faces with different emotions and put them together. I think apples, oranges , lemons, strawberries(?) would work best.