In the course of writing here, I end up taking a lot of pictures of the food I cook and eat. Oftentimes I get lucky and end up with a good picture, but typically that's after taking about 17 shots from different angles. Even after all that, the results are typically mixed and the good pictures are essentially the product of dumb luck. I'm always looking for new tips to make my pictures just a little bit better.
One of my favorite food blogs out there is Still Life With... as it is a site devoted to food styling and photography. In each post, Lara walks her readers through each step she takes to capture a particular shot, including all the not-so-pretty stops along the way. I'm loving her recent post on the way she got an appealing photo of a slice of pecan pie. Pie, while delicious, is not particularly lovely on it's own and so required substantial help to get gussied up for the close-up. The final shot is gorgeous and makes me long for pie.
Oh, and if some of Lara's pictures seem familiar, it's because she's also the blogger behind the site Cook and Eat.
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