Sep 20, 2011

Workshoppin'

On Saturday I attended the Food Photography for Bloggers workshop run by William and Susan Brinson (House of Brinson). I knew their space was going to be awesome from the photos on Design Sponge, so I was extra excited about seeing it with my own eyes. It was quite a space! It pretty much made me want to toss out all our furniture and hunt down unique antiques. :P

I wanted to learn how to take moodier and darker food photos. A lot of it is in the right props, so I will need to find myself some dark linens like the awesome burlap cloths I used below. Seeing how simple black and white foamboards and even small black cards placed strategically affected the overall mood was very interesting. Of course I had read about such techniques in books but it made a huge difference to actually see it in person and to try it myself.

Man they make it look so easy! I'm still most comfortable with candid restaurant food photography but this kind of careful styling and the real good stuff is something I want to improve on, especially as I hopefully start cooking more... erm, yeah, about that...

Some shots I took at the 'shop. Yes, we got to sample the foods. :D

Thanks to the Brinsons for a great experience!

13 comments :

  1. I'm so hungry! that food looks so good.

    great pictures. different from your usuals with the light tones. i'm sure you will improve :)

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  2. I really like the brown paper, white board, black surface combo!

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  3. I never did realized the difference in setting. This set is much different from your normal stuff. I like it!

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  4. Dark stuff! Nice! Looking forward to see how you incorporate this into your own style :)

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  5. GET OUT! These look amazing, though I think your candid restaurant shots are KILLER too. Seeing your shots makes me want to run out and buy dark linens. Don't know what I would use it for since I don't shoot food photos. :) You're just an enabler like that.

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  6. These look straight out of a cookbook. Great work!

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  7. not only are the photos great but that food looks amazing...which reminds me, it's dinner time.
    looking forward to see more of this kind of stuff from you, Alice. You did a great job here. :)

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  8. Wow Alice! Love the darkness :D

    Inspired by http://www.whatkatieate.blogspot.com ? she makes amazing stuff ;)

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  9. Now that's what I call a workshop! I'd love to learn more about food photography myself.

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  10. These look so great Alice! Can't wait to see more mood shots, and I agree, the dark backgrounds look quite nice and make an impact :)

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  11. how beautiful! i had no plans to make pies this weekend, but your gorgeous pastries has got me wanting to get out the rolling pin.

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  12. These shots are drop-dead magazine-worthy gorgeous. Great job Alice! I'm super jealous of your experience- I still haven't been to a workshop yet. They always sound like such fun.

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