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Food Photography : Apples On Blue Background

One week photo challenge : Photographing apples

Day 6

An apple comes from the local market, the other two come from a tree…Can you guess?

Note. Quite difficult to get the right balance with the colours here, because the predominant colour is blue, however I decided to use a light blue background because I quite liked the contrast with the red apples.

Lighting.

For this setup I used one diffused light from the right and a large white board on the left, to make the background lighter on one side. I also used a black board on the opposite side to partially darken the background. Then I edited in LM.

Details

Nikon D800

Aperture f/ 11

Shutter speed 3 ”

Iso 100

I used a tripod

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Food Photography : Apple With Dark Background

One week photo challenge : Photographing apples

Day 5

Lighting.

A very simple photograph with a very simple setup, this time….Some subjects don’t need anything else. Here I used one light from the right and a small white card to bounce the light onto the edge of the fruit (on the left).

Details.

Nikon D 800

Iso 100

Shutter Speed 1/80 s

Aperture f/ 9

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Food Photography : Apple In Ice

One week photo challenge : Photographing apples

Day 4

Continuing my daily project and going a little more abstract here!

Lighting.

In this setup I used a reflected light (reflected on a large white board) coming from the right. I used a black board to partially darken the background. I also used a small white board to reflect some light onto the apple and onto the edge of the ice on the left.

Details.

Nikon D 800

Iso 100

Shutter Speed 1/ 80 s

Aperture f/8

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Food Photography : Apple With Wire

One week photo challenge : Photographing apples

Day 3

Today I used a soft metal wire to add interesting highlights to the dark composition. I played a little with the idea of creating an abstract shape.

Lighting.

I used a reflected flash light on top of the subject, but slightly on the right side. I also used a few black boards to darken the area around the subject.

Details

Nikon D 800

Iso 100

shutter speed 1/60 s

aperture f/ 9

Food Photography : Apple With Mirror Tiles

One week photo challenge: photographing apples

Day 2

Here I added some layers and framed the subject using reflections and different materials. I also played a little bit with the colour contrast.

Lighting.

It took me a few attempts to get the lighting right in this shot. First I tried with direct light, but the shiny surface of the apple was reflecting too much….Therefore I had to use some backlight and a reflected light from the left, in order to avoid any problems. A black board on the left stopped the backlight from falling directly onto the subject.

Details.

Nikon D 800

Iso 100

shutter speed 1/60 s

aperture f/8

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Food Photography : Apple On Black Marble

One week photo challenge: photographing apples

Day 1

I’ve decided to dedicate this week to apples! It’s a challenge!

I’ll be taking pictures of apples for a week and posting them as I go along. Starting form today, this is my first photograph! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂

Lighting.

For this setup I used one flash light with a small soft box (from the right) and three black boards to darken the areas around the subject. I also used a white card on the left, to bounce the light onto the darkest area of the subject.

Details

Nikon D 800

Iso 100

aperture f/8

shutter speed 1/60 s

Comments are very welcome, but you are also welcomed to join me and take part in this challenge if you like! X

Food Photography : Black Grapes On Small Box

Organic black grapes on small plexiglass box, placed on black stone.

These small and sweet black grapes are coming from our vineyard.

Behind the scenes.

For the setup I used two lights and some boards. I placed the main light on the side and one soft light on the background. I also used one white to reflect some light on the darkest areas and one black to block the light on the opposite side.

Details.
NIKON D800
85mm/ ƒ/7.1/ 1/60s/ ISO 100

Food Photography : Red Apple On Dark Background

A small red apple on metal with dark background.

Behind the scenes.

I used a black stone base and droplets in order to add layers and texture. Shot with one light and I used a white board to bounce the light back onto the subject. I also used a black board to darken the background on the right.

Details

Camera Nikon D 800

Iso 100

Aperture f/7.1

Shutter Speed 1/60s

Food Photography : Persimmon With Droplets

A low-key image featuring a ripe persimmon (kaki fruit) on metal plate with tiny droplets, on a dark background.

Behind the scenes.

For this setup I used two white boards (on the left) to bounce the flash light (which was placed on the right) on the back of the fruit and on the metal plate. I also used a black board to darken the background.

Details

Camera Nikon D 800

Iso 100

Aperture f/7.1

Speed 1/60s