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How to Choose A Camera For Food Photography
Purchasing a new camera can be overwhelming. There is no camera body that is a one-size-fits-all. Features that are crucial for one genre of photography may be completely useless for another. As a...
How to Choose Props for Food Photography
As a food photographer, I have amassed a huge collection of props over the years. Whether your style is minimalist or not, most of the time you need some props to tell your visual story. The props...
Why I Never Shoot with a Softbox
I never shoot with a softbox. Okay, sometimes I shoot with a softbox. That headline was meant to catch your attention. But honestly, I shoot with a softbox so seldom, that I can say that I almost...
Why You Need to Style to the Camera
This is a common mistake I see bloggers and new photographers make: you compose the dish that you’re shooting, along with your props and the other elements that make up your scene. You then pick up...
Tips on Focusing For Food Photography
In still life photography, some photographers prefer to use manual focus. Others prefer autofocus. I use autofocus whenever I can, because my vision in not what it used to be. Sometimes, however, I...