How to fix a knife

[redbourn]

A lot of food pix because I'm pretty much finished writing a cookbook.

Until winter came I shot a lot of pictures with natural light and I thought they looked pretty good.

But then I got a lot of feedback that, "natural light is great but you need to use reflectors".

Natural light is getting better now but seems like I will then have to use reflectors and might easily get back to the same problems that I have right now.

I've only been doing photography for a few months so it's a real steep incline for me.

Thanks for posting.

 

[beagle100]

A lot of food pix because I'm pretty much finished writing a cookbook.
Until winter came I shot a lot of pictures with natural light and I thought they looked pretty good.

But then I got a lot of feedback that, "natural light is great but you need to use reflectors".
Natural light is getting better now but seems like I will then have to use reflectors and might easily get back to the same problems that I have right now.
I've only been doing photography for a few months so it's a real steep incline for me.

Thanks for posting.

OK, but you seem to encounter the same issues over and over again - lighting, exposure, W/B, angle, color, etc.
Have you ever thought about cooking and writing about the food and eating the food but getting someone else to take the photos of the food?

 

[astroNikon]

He's been learning a lot in a short period of time.

 

[Ihatemymoney]

A lot of food pix because I'm pretty much finished writing a cookbook.

Until winter came I shot a lot of pictures with natural light and I thought they looked pretty good.

But then I got a lot of feedback that, "natural light is great but you need to use reflectors".

Natural light is getting better now but seems like I will then have to use reflectors and might easily get back to the same problems that I have right now.

I've only been doing photography for a few months so it's a real steep incline for me.

Thanks for posting.

Some of your photos are ok some are not, figure out why and correct it.
Figure out why the good pictures look good and what is not being done with the photos that are not good.
Study your settings , start using your Histagramm.

Maybe you need a light meter ?

Your issues could be your florescent lights, IMO CFL flickers faster then the human eye can see but the camera will.
Also I think the color spectrum changes when the lights flicker when using CFL.
Two red flags white balance and exposure and both could be caused from your CFL.


YOU NEED LIGHTING THAT YOU CAN CONTROL

 

[unpopular]

I was hoping you were going to ask how to fix a knife to the front end of a telephoto lens, like a bayonet.

Because that would pretty much be awesome.

 

[redbourn]

A lot of food pix because I'm pretty much finished writing a cookbook.

Until winter came I shot a lot of pictures with natural light and I thought they looked pretty good.

But then I got a lot of feedback that, "natural light is great but you need to use reflectors".

Natural light is getting better now but seems like I will then have to use reflectors and might easily get back to the same problems that I have right now.

I've only been doing photography for a few months so it's a real steep incline for me.

Thanks for posting.

Some of your photos are ok some are not, figure out why and correct it.
Figure out why the good pictures look good and what is not being done with the photos that are not good.
Study your settings , start using your Histagramm.

Maybe you need a light meter ?

Your issues could be your florescent lights, IMO CFL flickers faster then the human eye can see but the camera will.
Also I think the color spectrum changes when the lights flicker when using CFL.
Two red flags white balance and exposure and both could be caused from your CFL.


YOU NEED LIGHTING THAT YOU CAN CONTROL

thanks - lighting is the hardest ..

 

[redbourn]

A lot of food pix because I'm pretty much finished writing a cookbook.
Until winter came I shot a lot of pictures with natural light and I thought they looked pretty good.

But then I got a lot of feedback that, "natural light is great but you need to use reflectors".
Natural light is getting better now but seems like I will then have to use reflectors and might easily get back to the same problems that I have right now.
I've only been doing photography for a few months so it's a real steep incline for me.

Thanks for posting.

OK, but you seem to encounter the same issues over and over again - lighting, exposure, W/B, angle, color, etc.
Have you ever thought about cooking and writing about the food and eating the food but getting someone else to take the photos of the food?

Never thought about hiring anybody to do the photos.

How would I really learn about photography if I did that?

And my book is being done to help newbie cooks, it will be inexpensive, and any profit would only be icing on the cake.

 

[astroNikon]

And my book is being done to help newbie cooks, it will be inexpensive, and any profit would only be icing on the cake.

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