[Photo] Food and Drink(ish)

[karohemd]

This weekend, I tried my hand at some food photography and some of the results follow. Quite tricky, especially if you don't have adequate lighting.
However, it showed quite well how tricky it is, especially when you see little bits or smears on a glass only after opening the photo on the PC.

  
 
 



Garlic bread


Steamed mussels with lemon grass, chalottes, kaffir lime leaves and chillies


Green Thai Jungle Curry (with chicken, mushrooms, green beans and green peppercorns)


My signature dish, Mousse au chocolat


ditto, with different decoration


Playing around with a glass and a flashgun with snoot


From directly above


Physalis on a neatly patterned espresso cup saucer, taken with No 1 extension ring and the 50mm prime lens


Dried red chillies, same setup

Comments

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

I like how the near edge of the glass in the chocolate mousse shot is out of focus too. It emphasises the CHOCOLATE more.

*drool*

[blue-cat.livejournal.com]

mmm, chocolate moose :)

This looks very edible - I love the reflectiveness of the chillies despite not actually liking them much as a food.

[susanofstohelit.livejournal.com]

Lovely.

Emeril suggests wiping out glassware with vinegar before using - it clears up any grease or smudges, but evaporates so fast it doesn't affect anything.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind.

[raggedyman.livejournal.com]

in all honesty before i actually read the post i thought those were food-porn from a professional book.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

That was the idea. :o)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that's very flattering.
The ideas are the same but the execution is flawed in most cases.

[mazzarc.livejournal.com]

I'm hungry now!

[the-mendicant.livejournal.com]

Ozzy, you are a photographic God!!!!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Not really. It's still full of flaws.
Thank you, though!

[gbsteve.livejournal.com]

Great photos, just one question, what colour is that mousse?

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
The mousse is chocolatey brown, really. The speckles are little bits of egg white that didn't quite incorporate properly.
As I said, the light wasn't ideal but the photo is pretty accurate.

[raggedyman.livejournal.com]

well if there are flaws this grunt reader can't spot them :-)

[cryx]

Damn you!!! so hungry now!!!

Those are really good! :)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

You know they say that too many cooks spoil the broth but everyone made a differen course so that didn't apply. Both the mussels and the curry are from a really good (and cheap) Thai cookbook which we used as guideline.
The mousse is my own variation on various recipes I've read.

And thank you!

[dissonanz.livejournal.com]

Of all the photos I've seen you put up, I really think these are the most impressive. While I'm sure you may see the flaws, they look like grade A food porn shots to me.

I was an a professional photo shoot for a fruit salad advert years ago. It took them HOURS of set-up before even taking one snap. Your photos piss on those ones.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

*beams*
Thanks a lot!
Some more depth of field in the mussels and mousse and smear free glasses and they would have been pretty much perfect.

The dishes were just shot on the counter with the striplights from above, the physalis and the chillies at daylight through their huge windows, and the glass with the green chilli in the dark room with flashgun. Basically no set-up at all because we wanted to eat!

I'll be trying to take more of this sort of shot in the near future.

BTW, I really like the Pierrepoint! Good choice. :o)