{"id":2635,"date":"2021-08-24T14:05:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T14:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=2635"},"modified":"2021-08-24T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T14:05:34","slug":"food-photography-au-naturel-dragon-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/food-photography-au-naturel-dragon-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Photography au Naturel: Dragon Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dragon Way is a Chinese Restaurant\/Take-Away in Prestonpans. This is the kind of client with a small budget for food photography but who nevertheless needs good photographs to promote their dishes.<\/p>\n

The simplest way to do this is using natural window light from the side and a reflector. It takes very little time to shoot and edit the pictures. One can do quite a few assignments like this in a day. You do not want to shoot the food with the window at your back as it gives really \u201cflat\u201d photos. This kind of “flat” light is great for portraits, though.<\/p>\n

\"Dragon
Balls on fire. I guess it’s spicy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Chines
Hong Kong chili chips.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dragon
Hong Kong spicy wonton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dragon
Japanese dumplings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hong
ONG Chili Chips. I think the OMG is short for Oh My God this is spicy. To be honest, I don’t know for sure as I didn’t taste any of the food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hero
All of the above dishes in one photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Note that I use a \u201cdetail enhancer\u201d in Photoshop to bring out the texture of the dishes. I first heard of this technique from Calvin Hollywood (a German, as his name clearly indicates), who called it \u201cCalvin\u2019s freaky details\u201d. It\u2019s been replaced by filters like tonal contrast that work better in general, as the \u201cfreaky details\u201d procedure could give some strange results when applied to skies. But it works just fine for food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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