Comments on: A Basic Food Photography Kit

By: Marcel

Marcel — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:16:12 +0000

This is typical behaviour of people that only comment when they read something that doesn’t fit in their mind. Even if the author says something that you don’t agree with, you can always take the camera that you have and keep on reading the other tips.

Just be happy with the camera you have and make happy fotos.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:47:23 +0000

It’s a little unfortunate for the author to have kicked off this article by discussing brands of equipment. No-one’s ever going to say they have poor taste in music, no sense of humour, or that their brand of choice isn’t the best! BrandWars aside, there are some useful tips here if you’d all just unruffle your feathers for a moment.. as someone who is fairly new to food photography, the most interesting tip for me was the basic approach of mixing focused light with soft fill-light. I tried it and I have enjoyed discovering the effects that one can create this way. So, thank you Steve.
Oh, and by the way.. don’t ask me which camera I’m shooting with ‘coz I’m not telling. The best camera for the job is the one you have.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:03:16 +0000

Did people forget that this was a “food Photography” blog?? Not a “who’s got the better camera” blog?? Really people? Everyone has their camera preference, and he stated his. Whether or not you agree with his preference is completely fine, but remember that YOU chose to read this for FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY!!! Cut the guy some slack, and get back to the reason you opened this is the first place….geeze…

By: Eddy mendoza

Eddy mendoza — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:10:58 +0000

I think the statement about using Nikon or Canon is a bit misleading but it’s also very accurate. I have used both, still do but I shoot most if not all my food photography with and older medium format film camera with both film and a digital back. The reason for this is because one the medium format allows me to print a larger and better image. Also the bellows on my Mamiya RZ gives me the macro ability on all of my lenses and lastly when I need that huger than life image I use the film back which after scanning gives me an almost 1 gigabyte file to work with.

This is just my personal choice and I can say without hesitation that any camera will do especially if the outcome is for web.

By: Eddy mendoza

Eddy mendoza — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:10:20 +0000

This is just my personal choice and I can say without hesitation that any camera will do especially if the outcome is for web.

By: Bruce52

Bruce52 — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 06:28:24 +0000

I think Steve’s article was as he described: a basic food photography kit – not how to use it or how to set up the lighting. About using either Canon or Nikon cameras I believe he qualified that statement in a reasonable manner – not to bring down other brands but for accessories and resale value in general. As far as lenses go I have a mix of a couple of good consumer lenses, a couple of good (used) pro lenses and a few of the better Tokina lenses (which I think are unbelievable value) all of which I researched thoroughly and that will provide the tools for many types of photography. I am a hobbyist nearing my sixties recently resuming an interest from my y,ore youthful years and I hope to one day make a dollar or two with my kit. I currently use a humble Nikon D90 and I don’t get upset when some photographer bags Nikons or whatever. I think some here maybe have thin hides and should realise that this hobby is about what they are happy with, what they perceive through the viewfinder and to improve upon that learning from others.

By: Denver Photographer

Denver Photographer — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:26:16 +0000

What a great article. I was just doing some research about getting into doing food photography, and stumbled across it. Great work.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:26:40 +0000

Article was okay. Nothing new under the sun, but not doing any food photography myself yet, it was useful to find the author’s problems with Tripod height. I will now remember this. Also interesting as always to read the comments, as this is so often where my real learning happens as people comment or pull apart an article.

Brands – well that was brave of the author as I am pretty sure he knew of the risks involved. Right or wrong to do it – I don’t know. I am Canon and I agree with some of his reasons – I live on the arse end of the world yet am able to find cheap used L glass for my Canon which I love, the same cannot be said about the other manufacturers where I come from. Same for other accessories. If I wrote an article I would also recommend the big two (my personal opinion only) for that very reason as the spares for the smaller market share brands are not that easy to come accross in the sticks!

Again – the comments are where lots of my learning happens, so when people disagree, and then qualify why they do so, it is very informative and gives a good big picture to people like me. When you just flame a persons article, well then I am not so sure I enjoy reading your comments.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:43:33 +0000

Hey, I am just starting to takes food pics of my husbands creations. He is a personal chef & does a lot of recipe development at home. I have taken some pretty goods pics with a Canon 3IS. If you want to see some fabulous food pics check out this photographer http://annawilliamsphotography.com . This photographer made me want to run out and buy a new camera and start shooting. I didn’t obviously. But she did inspire me to want to learn more about shooting food. The object of this article was to help you with some tips if this is something you want to persue. Let’s not turn this article into a “Camera Brand” war.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:44:05 +0000

A lot of defensive and argumentative people are on here? Did you guys even read the article?
He’s talking about the “BASIC FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY KIT” not the TECHNIQUES to shooting food photography. He also did not say GO AND BUY A NIKON OR A CANNON!
Reading is fundamental.

GREAT JOB Steve Buchanan. I enjoyed the article.
P.S. You can’t please everyone.