Two days ago I posted about this internet meme called Pay It Forward that I am participating in and I just wanted you all to know that we have two people on the hook and that means there is one spot left! Here is what I am talking about: To the first commenter of today’s...

Here are Curt’s results, as seen on his blog Bucky’s Barbecue and Bread Blog. His results are fantastic!! Lesson 3 is all about depth of field (DOF). One thing I’ve noticed in looking at food photos is that really shallow DOF is used a LOT with food (sometimes too much, I think). However, it can...

Nicole over at Pinch My Salt is participating in “Pay It Forward“, an internet meme that is really appropriate for this time of year. This idea is based on the movie “Pay It Forward” that made me cry buckets. I am going to play along too! The essential idea is: When someone does you a...

Depth of Field This week’s topic will be Depth of Field (DOF) . Remember that I am putting together a food photo glossary for those terms that may not be as commonly known. I will also try to link as many of them in the text to the wikipedia entries. What is this Depth of...

I thought this product was a neat option for people on the go. I get nothing for blogging about this, its all about gee-wiz. Eye-fi – A card the lets your camera transmit photos wirelessly to your computer or an online service. (JPGs only) Maybe this isn’t that new but I just learned about it...

Barley the chicken says: Happy Thanksgiving We will be taking a break from Food Photo 101 during this holiday week Post your Thanksgiving food photos in the Food Photo 101 flickr group Eat more turkey Thank you for eating less chicken We will be back next week. Technorati Tags: Happy, Thanksgiving, Food Photo 101,...

This week we had quite a few people contribute their results to the Food Photo 101 flickr pool. I am going to go through Curt’s results as well as those of the other participants, which include: LaRecetteDuJour Vegan Noodle Big Mill BB Lets start with Curt’s work In the series of images below you can...

Lighting can be frustrating in food photography, no doubt. One can accrue rules and think they got it but sometimes certain subjects rather like lighting that would make other subjects die a photonic death. I have put these photos up for you to consider. These mushrooms LOVE the strong direct light from the almost straight-above...

[Today we look at Curt's results for FP101-2. He has done an amazing job working through this. Question: What movie is he alluding to with his subject? You will find the answer at the bottom of this post. I can not wait to see what you all come up with too!] Lesson 2 was all...

Welcome back! I was so impressed by all of the work you all did on the last lesson, great job! We have begun to familiarize ourselves with our cameras with the last exercise (Food Photo 101: First Principles), putting your hands to work on the settings and knobs and dials and such. Its ok if...