At the moment, I have not much choice but to order all my food photography props and photography accessories online.
I enjoyed going to the photography store before and the pandemic, but after moving out of the city, there is no way for me to go anywhere in person. Some of the camera gear I was able to buy secondhand and also to sell a camera I don’t need online. But some things I have to order from Amazon.
Like this huge reflector today. I need it to the light coming in harsh from the south facing window in my studio.
This is a backdrop file you can print out and use a background for your product or food photography. I took the photography of an old baking tray I got at a flea market in the south of France.
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Backdrop Old baking tray 90263 digital file for printing or green screen
One Preset to enhance the greens and darken the yelows. Also to even out the highlights and shadows.
My backdrop for this photo are these old brown wooden planks with white paint peeling off. To frame the corn cobs I propped up these 3 old baking sheets.
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Food Photography
Food photography is the biggest of my passions at the moment. I collect props and try all the new food photography techniques for you.
Stefan went to the woods with his father before work and brought back some amazing mushrooms. I’m not a huge forest mushroom eater, I prefer champions. Nevertheless, the bay boletes (it’s what i believe those mushrooms are), are really pretty and definitely worth a picture.
I have an amazing Lightroom presets for you you are mushroom photos that you can get here.
Take the picture I waited for the sun to go behind the house a little. I am shooting directly at the north facing window.
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SLR Lightroom Preset for glowing whites and vibrant brown tones.
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Here are my camera settings I had for the shot. I am shooting death rate using a free Canon EOS Utility 3 software for Mac.
Here I cut couple of mushrooms to have a little bit more brightness in the main subject. The mushrooms are turning blue so quickly. Pretty color but doesn’t look really edible.
Here I took some pictures of the plates that I used for the mushroom styling. I took it hours before when is was still too sunny. It’s a bit harsher here. You can see them on the left of the plates.
The plates are a Japanese Brand Hasami. This collection available outside of Japan. If you are interested in food props and custom made big drops, check out this site for it.
Here is a backlit view of the mushroom snapped with my video camera. I edited it using my Pear LR Preset.
Food Photography
Food photography is the biggest of my passions at the moment. I collect props and try all the new food photography techniques for you.
The scene was a late autumn afternoon, north facing window. A Pic of my setup is down below. My camera, lens, and settings:
For the GIF I added a graduated filter to brighten up the right side. This filter is depending on the light source and is not included in the preset.
Preset for the garden shot
One Preset-version is with auto basic settings, and one version with my basic settings.
My set-up in case you want to recreate it
My backdrop for this shoot was a hand painted one. I don’t sell them, but if you really need one and are from Berlin/Brandenburg area, I could make one for you. They are 60cm x 120 cm and impossible to ship for a decent price.
I sell a digital copy of this backdrop that you can print out yourself here.
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Food photography is the biggest of my passions at the moment. I collect props and try all the new food photography techniques for you.
My current glass storage using container I was using to propagate plant previously. All my little plants are grown now and I can reuse these containers for my dry foods and dried fruits.
Food Shopping
I'm passionate about eating the best food possible. I always buy organic and try to shop zero waste, in bulk and to support local farmers. For me, the people and the planet.
I was looking for some old small baking sheets for a while now. I bought a big amazing at a-once-a year antique flea market in Berlin that I use a lot as a backdrop for close-ups. But I was still looking for 4-5 small ones to use as plates, rather than a backdrop to create some interesting arrangements for the “boring” food.
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I found a seller, I’ve sold countless small baking sheets on eBay Clementine German craigslist, and all dad three white and two skinny baking sheets. No I couldn’t really pick the color, as he was willing to get smooth them and taking pictures for me, I am I was really like you to get really amazing used to burn pictures on top. The backside looks like weathered brass and would make an amazing backdrop close-ups.
Here, I took some snaps of the texture today, if I find some time to take some more of the tripod, I might even be selling them on stock photography sites, and maybe even print out an enlarged version of the pattern to use for food photography.
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I did some corn styling with these baking trays here:
This year again, we are spoiled for some free amazing pears Stefan’s uncle picks from his or neighbors’ trees.
In Germany, you can get free apples, plums, pears, sometimes even cherries, if you are willing to take the bus to the outskirts and look up the locations of wild fruit trees.
There is a German website Mundraub, where people mark all best free fruit trees. We don’t use it as we have a garden and lots of our relatives have fruits please also. But otherwise, it’s a great way to get your hands on some free fruit.
Also, don’t hesitate to ask your relatives and neighbours, they might know someone who has a garden and never eats the fruit. You might be able to pick some fruit from people’s yards, who otherwise never it themselves. Just ask around, really.
How I edited the photo? In Lightroom, using my pear preset. It brings out the natural colors and cleans up the whites in the background. Try to recreate this photo at home with some old wooden or rattan plates, a light backdrop or table and some green fruit: pears, apples, or even bell peppers or cucumber.
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Here are my camera settings:
The set-up is very simple: natural light, north facing window. Late afternoon light. There was no sun coming in when I took the picture. The setup photo was taken around the noon.
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This preset works amazingly on under exposed images that are taken shortly before the sunsets. I took this Tour at the North face in Vindel Brittany much just 30 minutes before the sunset. Make sure you adjust your white balance and your exposure in Lightroom, as well as the alignment of the photo (>Transform), as these are really individual to your shor. If you are taking your pictures with an iPhone, the photo will probably be over-exposed. Using a DSLR, usually try to go super low with the ISO, so I have to bump up the exposure in post in Lightroom.
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