Tandoori Chicken with Green Beans, originally uploaded by ChrisGampat. Continuing my work to improve my food photography, I bring you Tandoori Chicken with Green Beans. This was shot while my sister and I were cooking (I was cooking stove top Ziti alongside) with my 5D Mk II and 50mm F1.8 II at F4. I brightened …
Tandoori Chicken, originally uploaded by ChrisGampat. Continuing my work to improve my food photography, I bring you Tandoori Chicken. This was shot while my sister and I were cooking (I was cooking stove top Ziti alongside) with my 5D Mk II and 50mm F1.8 II at F4. Little to no work was done in photoshop. …
Freezing your camera apparently gives you better high ISO. That’s what one user is saying on 4Chan’s /p/ thread. Apparently the user stuck his Sony A350 in the freezer and got better results at ISO 3200. More on this after the jump.
Mac and Cheese in Tostitos Scoopers, originally uploaded by ChrisGampat. I’m working on my food photography skills. As you can see, I need plenty of work. This was done with my Canon 5D Mk II, 24-105mm F4 L IS lens, and my 430 EX II with Gary Fong Lightsphere on it. I used natural lights …
Experimenting around in Photoshop is fun! For those of you that love shooting portraits and have a bit of an artist edge, perhaps you may want to edit your photos to look a bit vintage. If you’re one of those photographers, hit the jump to see how I accomplished this look.
Today’s reader question comes from Nicole Balbone, another photographer I know in the NYC area that is still in college. Nicole is the photo editor of her school newspaper and wants to give some pointers to her staff: so she turns to me. I’m a former News Editor of my college newspaper and former Editorial Director (and President) of my college radio station. Hit the jump for the reader’s letter.
Today’s reader question comes from an old high school friend of mine named Johnny in regards to getting a starter DSLR and breaking into the business of photography. Those of you that are beginners or trying to break into it more yourself should check this out.
As a photographer, I’ve run into many situations these days where a small good quality Micro Four Thirds camera may have been much more useful as opposed to my DSLR or my cameraphone. As readers may know, I’m a Canon 5D Mk II DSLR user that came from shooting an Olympus E-510. Olympus and Panasonic are part of the Micro Four Thirds group and they really are onto something useful for photographers that can justify the purchase of one via profits. Here are a couple of situations based on personal experience where Micro Four Thirds may have been better.
Here’s a tip to keep bands constantly coming to you for business even in the recession: make collages for them like this. They’ll be sure to use it all over their Myspace or even for their future concert fliers. Plus it gets you more exposure.
If you’re looking to get large prints made for that wedding, model or landscape you’re shooting then consider the fact that Bay Photo has a promo code to get 40% off of large prints. By definition, large prints are 16×16 or larger. The offer only lasts until February 15th, the day after Valentine’s Day.