Chili con carne with props

chuasam · Feb 7, 2016

You're improving.
Try to learn to concept of hero products.
Buy an entire pack of basil leaves and choose the most perfect leaves for the shot.
These are slightly torn and yellowish.
Also, I don't like the specular highlights on some of the food items.
Lighting, Styling, and Composition: Creating the Perfect Still-Life Image - The Shutterstock Blog

redbourn · Feb 7, 2016

chuasam said:
You're improving.
Try to learn to concept of hero products.
Buy an entire pack of basil leaves and choose the most perfect leaves for the shot.
These are slightly torn and yellowish.
Also, I don't like the specular highlights on some of the food items.
Lighting, Styling, and Composition: Creating the Perfect Still-Life Image - The Shutterstock Blog

Thanks for the comments.
I haven't seen packs of basil leaves here but I have a plant growing on my window sill.
I should have been more careful and picking the best leaves.

Peeb · Feb 12, 2016

Great shot!

I wish the front of the bowl AND the garlic cloves were just a bit sharper. Maybe stop down the aperture a step or two?

redbourn · Feb 12, 2016

Peeb said:
Great shot!

I wish the front of the bowl AND the garlic cloves were just a bit sharper. Maybe stop down the aperture a step or two?

Thanks.

I was just about to look for an article about dof ..

table1349 · Feb 12, 2016

Sorry, I would have to disagree. Food photography is a lot like sports photography, you want the action or in this case the actual dish in focus to draw your attention to it alone. The supporting cast should be slightly out of focus. Only change I would have made was a spoon instead of a fork. Chili to me is a spoon food.

Peeb · Feb 12, 2016

gryphonslair99 said:
Sorry, I would have to disagree. Food photography is a lot like sports photography, you want the action or in this case the actual dish in focus to draw your attention to it alone. The supporting cast should be slightly out of focus. Only change I would have made was a spoon instead of a fork. Chili to me is a spoon food.

But DOF here was so shallow that front of bowl is too soft and background is so blurry as to be a distraction. IMO.

I agree about the spoon.

table1349 · Feb 12, 2016

Well I understand that you Okie's have different tastes in food down there. Up here in Kansas we don't eat the package the food is in. :laughing:

Peeb · Feb 12, 2016

gryphonslair99 said:
Well I understand that you Okie's have different tastes in food down there. Up here in Kansas we don't eat the package the food is in.

Mm mm, polypropylene! Tasty!

table1349 · Feb 12, 2016

Peeb said:
gryphonslair99 said:

Well I understand that you Okie's have different tastes in food down there. Up here in Kansas we don't eat the package the food is in.

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Mm mm, polypropylene! Tasty!

I'm thinking that bowl is made of Vitrelle. I prefer mine with ketchup and pepper.

Peeb · Feb 12, 2016

I was actually referring to the CONTENTS at the front of the bowl, but I must admit that my post was not the most artfully worded piece of literature!