For someone like me who is usually taking dark and melancholy pictures, food photography is challenging. Food will look good if it is photographed correctly but it is very easy to screw up the photo. We have all seen those gloomy photos of not-so-pretty meals. Food photos need to be bright, glowing and colorful. While preparing some Christmas treats, I took a few photos for practice.
Because there is not much natural light in December, I lightened the compositions with on-camera Nikon Speedlight SB-28. Flash was bounced from the ceiling. I had to do only minor adjustments in post-processing.
Taken with Fujica ST605N and Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 on Fujifilm Superia 400
I’ve had digital SLR for just over a year. Since then I’ve tried to become better photographer by photographing a lot and by reading articles and forum discussions. At the same time I rescued my mom’s old film SLR (Fujica ST605N). I shot a test roll with it and the camera seemed to work okay. I forgot analog photography for awhile but this fall I purchased a second-hand Nikon EM SLR camera in great working condition. Since then analog photography has intrigued me more and more. I just developed my first black and white 35mm film which I shot with Nikon EM.
Taken with Nikon EM and Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 on Kodak TMAX 400
Taken with Nikon EM and Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 on Kodak TMAX 400
