What camera(s) do you use?
Originally posted by John Boehm:
That all looks amazing, but the miso bacon pork buns need to get in my face. Did you make the buns or buy them?
Originally posted by j biesinger:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">What camera(s) do you use?
Must not be the Canon Nifty Fifty then
I'm always amazed with your food, but I'm even more amazed that you're doing all of this with just a 50mm lens. Our new camera has an 18-55 and a 55-200 and I'm constantly changing zoom on the small lens while shooting pics for my posts on here. We're both definitely novices with having a real camera, but I guess the flip side is that a fixed lens is easily overcome with "human zoom"? Or do you do a lot of cropping after the fact?
Originally posted by j biesinger:
I do very little cropping. Occasionally I will, but mostly to remove something on the very edge that was picked up by the sensor but not by the viewfinder (the viewfinder crops the shot a little).
I've never used prime lenses before, but I think their short comings are overshadowed by the features at their price point. I also read an interesting article about prime lenses that described shooting as a series of choices (shutter speed, aperture, iso, composition, etc) and limiting some of your choices isn't always a bad thing in terms of creativity. A prime lens removes one of the choices and lets you focus on other things.
When shooting food, I don't think I'd ever go below 50mm, but the key is having a short focal length that will allow you to fill the frame with food. My 85mm makes me back up too much and cancels out the increased magnification. My dream lens would be something around 50mm, super fast (f2), macro, and image stabilization.
here's a good article on grill photography that I just read today
Angles are the hardest thing to figure out, and sometimes you end up with a completely flat plated pic of what was really a gorgeous dish. At least I do.