Comments on: What it takes to be a food photographer – Working with stylists http://blog.livebooks.com/2009/04/what-it-takes-to-be-a-food-photographer-working-with-stylists/ A collaborative online community that brings together creative professionals of all disciplines, working together to keep our professions relevant, respected, and profitable Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:36:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: foodphotoatlanta http://blog.livebooks.com/2009/04/what-it-takes-to-be-a-food-photographer-working-with-stylists/comment-page-1/#comment-15676 foodphotoatlanta Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:18:39 +0000 http://blog.livebooks.com/?p=5152#comment-15676 Learn to style food yourself. I am a practiced food photog and I can't tell you how many hours I've wasted waiting on someone else to "style" food, only to know I could have tweaked it better myself. If you work with a talented chef, the food will come out looking 99% perfect - just make sure you are ready to shoot! Have a dummy plate come in first to get your lighting set With today's advancements in image manipulation (i.e. photoshop) all of the small things you wait on and pay a stylist for can be fixed in post. Sorry food stylists, but your job is a dinosaur. It takes a lot of practice, but I guarantee a good photog/chef combo can get a shot that 99.9% of the viewing public couldn't tell the difference from one that was "styled" Learn to style food yourself. I am a practiced food photog and I can’t tell you how many hours I’ve wasted waiting on someone else to “style” food, only to know I could have tweaked it better myself. If you work with a talented chef, the food will come out looking 99% perfect – just make sure you are ready to shoot! Have a dummy plate come in first to get your lighting set

With today’s advancements in image manipulation (i.e. photoshop) all of the small things you wait on and pay a stylist for can be fixed in post. Sorry food stylists, but your job is a dinosaur. It takes a lot of practice, but I guarantee a good photog/chef combo can get a shot that 99.9% of the viewing public couldn’t tell the difference from one that was “styled”

]]> By: A stunning festival of photography links… | Chuqui 3.0 http://blog.livebooks.com/2009/04/what-it-takes-to-be-a-food-photographer-working-with-stylists/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 A stunning festival of photography links… | Chuqui 3.0 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:20:42 +0000 http://blog.livebooks.com/?p=5152#comment-1237 [...] Michael Lamotte: What it takes to be a food photographer [...] [...] Michael Lamotte: What it takes to be a food photographer [...]

]]> By: berry http://blog.livebooks.com/2009/04/what-it-takes-to-be-a-food-photographer-working-with-stylists/comment-page-1/#comment-952 berry Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:33:26 +0000 http://blog.livebooks.com/?p=5152#comment-952 Definitely lots of patience as you said. My biggest problem is trying to find a team. I'm in Australia and the market is alot smaller. I'm find it hard to find a food stylist, I know fashion stylists were hard to find but it's even harder to find a food stylist. Can't wait for your next article! Definitely lots of patience as you said. My biggest problem is trying to find a team. I’m in Australia and the market is alot smaller. I’m find it hard to find a food stylist, I know fashion stylists were hard to find but it’s even harder to find a food stylist. Can’t wait for your next article!

]]> By: Michael Lamotte http://blog.livebooks.com/2009/04/what-it-takes-to-be-a-food-photographer-working-with-stylists/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Michael Lamotte Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:22:18 +0000 http://blog.livebooks.com/?p=5152#comment-848 Thanks for the kind words. As you can see it takes lots of patience, a love for food, understanding of light, composition and being a good technition. Good Luck Thanks for the kind words. As you can see it takes lots of patience, a love for food, understanding of light, composition and being a good technition. Good Luck

]]> By: berry http://blog.livebooks.com/2009/04/what-it-takes-to-be-a-food-photographer-working-with-stylists/comment-page-1/#comment-775 berry Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:16:38 +0000 http://blog.livebooks.com/?p=5152#comment-775 Thanks for posting this kind of info on food photography. I am thinking about getting into food photography. The articles you've written up have given me a small insight into it all. I look forward to your future articles Thanks for posting this kind of info on food photography. I am thinking about getting into food photography. The articles you’ve written up have given me a small insight into it all. I look forward to your future articles

]]> By: What it takes to be a food photographer - Working with stylists - Michael Lamotte | Photo News Today http://blog.livebooks.com/2009/04/what-it-takes-to-be-a-food-photographer-working-with-stylists/comment-page-1/#comment-742 What it takes to be a food photographer - Working with stylists - Michael Lamotte | Photo News Today Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:33:43 +0000 http://blog.livebooks.com/?p=5152#comment-742 [...] Source and Read More: blog.livebooks.com [...] [...] Source and Read More: blog.livebooks.com [...]

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