Monday, June 25, 2012

Food Photography


well I gave it a shot (get it)... but I'm no pro

YEAH IT ALWAYS LOOK BETTER IN PICTURES THAN IN REAL LIFE...



here's my before

I removed the bun crack, brightened the colors and added a Gluttony in the background for comedic effect.


Without a Reflector:
you can see how moody this burger looks when you do the same editing to it as above... ewww so sad... 




so I didn't have a second reflector... Whatever... I used something! (its my mothers shopping bag! okay?!)

My main source of light was the window...



and if you're wonfering what this tasty hamburger looks like from behind check out this video ;)




Friday, June 22, 2012

Using Reflectors : Cat Images


Cat pictures! :3 

using a reflector...


The reflector is more useful than I first though... Back in high school they had a 
Film broadcast and everytime they interviewed people
you could totaly see the bright glare from them using a reflector...
he's not too interested in reflectors... little does he know the curtain also doubles as a reflector!


so for a while I was against it.. This is my first time using a Neewer reflector
I got of amazon for $8 

use the reflector whenn you can!! XD 

it makes a huge difference!!

Get as close to the subject as you possibly can without getting the reflector in the shot... 

or unless you want to use the reflector as a white background! ;) 

well this would be more educational if I added a with and without picture... hold up I'll go do it now.. 
but its late so I don't have any Natural Light to work with... and my cat's sleeping in a dark spot of the house... ugh.. okay hold on... 


okay so here's without the reflector. The photo is more contrasy and if you want a dark, lonely mood
then using no reflector is good :P  
it also looks crappy out of context so maybe moody isn't good... 
This is with the reflector. 
no settings on the camera were changed and both images were processed the same. (curves and sharpness)

but this one has a happier, more colorful mood. Also the Mega64 artwork gets some light shed on it... 

(perhaps I'll use a tripod one day... cause I did NOT move the cat.. blame it on the light...)