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Sugarland - Love

I love the start of this clip as it uses an umbrella with the white lights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kqjqx9AZYY&feature=related

Marco Grob and Others

This guy is amazing! His portraits are something to look at due to the way in which he gets the emotions out of the subjects. I need to find out how he does this! http://www.marcogrob.com/contact.php

These links below are all from Marco Grob's website. He was a big point of contact for me.

http://www.avocadoartists.com/

Dimitri Tolstoi
http://www.dimitri-tolstoi.com/

He is a photographer for the Avocado Artists. Dimitri has an unusual way of photographing food, which mainly involves studio lighting.

http://www.avocadoartists.com/artists/tolstoi/gallery - Have a look at his gallery.

Switzerland, Eastern Europe, Russia and Asia.

Still life, accessories, cosmetics, liquid beverages, animals and food.

Dmitri Tolstoy is the great-grandson of the great Russian writer, Count Leo Tolstoy. Dmitri lives and works in Paris. With resounding success of advertising campaigns, which were used for photos taken with Dmitri, his name is widely known not only in France, but throughout Europe.

Customers of Dmitri's really appreciate his experience, attention to each of their wishes and the ability to bring to work your own creativity and aesthetics. Among them: Céline, Longchamp, Perrier, Renault, Peugeot, Biotherm, Héléna Rubinstein, Baccarat, Lancôme, Air France, Pioneer, Guerlain, Dom Pérignon, Van Cleef, Chaumet, Kenzo and La Prairie.

Joerg Kritzer
http://www.joergkritzer.com/

Represented in Switzerland, Eastern Europe, Russia and Asia.

Still life, liquids beverages, cosmetics, food and accessories.

Joerg Kritzer began his career in photography as an assistant and then in 1991 opened a studio in his hometown of Dusseldorf.

From the outset, Joerg endlessly attracted the rich colors and, despite the stillness, very expressive world of still life. Knowledge of techniques of light and inner sense allow him to achieve excellent results.

In 2000, Joerg moved to Hamburg, where he lives and works today.

A list of his clients is constantly growing: Volkswagen, Siemens, Ikea, Shiseido, BMW, Champagner Lanson, Knorr, Beck's, Henkel Schwarzkopf, Coca-Cola, Anson, Philips, Krups, Davidoff, Volvo, Martini, Bacardi and others.

I really love the high key lighting on the subject of the food. Studio lighting is used and a reflective surface is used in some of the shots. The black background is strong, but I think it helps show the outline of the subject, with a carefully placed light to get that great rim lighting. I have used this style in some shots with a black background and the back light is the use of natural light.

http://www.noma.dk/ - Best restaurant in what they are doing in the photo world.

http://www.vernonjolly.com/ - Agents for celebrity photographers and advertising magazines like Vanity Fair and Vogue.

http://www.nicoschaerer.com/ - This guy has a really interesting way of using the background in his portraits and with some of his fashion shots. I noticed that with his fashion shots, that all the backgrounds have been shot separately and then turned upside down or sideways and then he adds the subject.

With his portraits, he uses a flash up close and I think a ring flash on the side and on other off camera flash. But again the backgrounds are playing a big role in the shot and the backgrounds are mostly unlit to produce a grey tone. The person is engaging with the camera and the fills most of the frame. Interesting thought of composition.

http://www.dsphotographers.ch/ph-ov.php?id=52

http://www.diegoalborghetti.com/ - This guy does beautiful portraits and loves using light techniques.

http://www.studiojonaskarlsson.com/index2.html - He has got the same feeling in his images, as the amazing Annie Leibovitz.

Architecture

There are so many lines that you can play with in the urban world. The lines in these images are strong and with the contrast, make the building 'pop out'. Also, they have a lot of negative space and really free up the image to stand tall.

Tips on Food Photography

I found this blog and it had a few tips and a lot of links. I will go and investigate and see where it will take me.

http://seattletallpoppy.blogspot.com/2009/10/food-photography-tips-from-lou-manna.html

Well, I found this guy buy the name of Lou Manna and he has led me to this site: http://digitalfoodphotography.ning.com/ - I have joined this website and it will be interesting to see what it is all about.

I have just found another and I have emailed this guy. I would like to ask him about what it is that he does when it comes to preparing for a shot - tips and tricks that may help: David Lazarus.

I Got Crabs!

I did my crab shot today.

Can I just say that I am loving the colour and sharpness of the Hasselblads. The only downside is that the file sizes are massive!

Back to the crabs - I was stuck at how to photograph these ugly creatures. Blue Swimmer Crabs have this amazing colour of blue on the under side of their shell. I'm hoping to bring this to life -the colour is electric. The other problem I has was which props I should put with this crab in the shot.

Well, I used a white and black background with the use of natural light, with a fill card, and a mix of plates to create a shot that is sharp and 'to the point'. Picture of this to come. Here are some of the photographers that helped inspire me to do the shot, through the use of the subject to negative space: William meppem ryan bush Andy Lewis

Senso Meeting

I went to the Fyshwick Markets to have a chat with Jan, the owner of Senso restaurant .

We discussed the photos that I had done of the restaurant for my a assignment. As a result of the work that I had done, I gave the images to Jan to use on his website.

The food images and the interiors of the restaurant is what he liked and where he made most of his comments. He loved the angles and the colours in the images that were captured.

I did some details of the interiors of the restaurant and in his wine cellar. The portrait of himself was a big hit. Jan commented: "the textures and the colours are great and match our corporate colours. It is nice to have a good photo to send to clients that also has your corporate touch." He also said: "I have not seen nice images of food for a long time."

He would like to have a day to take more images of his food. His has also invited us to join him tonight for a dinner. He has a guest chef from a South Australia who will be cooking and wine form the King Valley in Victoria. A five course meal accompanied with eight glasses of wine from Pizzin. Jan said that the chef worked in Copenhagen with some of the best chefs in the world. When Jan invited me, I said that, "my wife is cooking dinner tonight." He replied, "can she cook tomorrow instead so you can join us?"

He also showed me a website that he has used my images on in order to promote his restaurant. Jan said that "it was good to have recent images of the food and restaurant, which are so clean and crisp. These images are a true view of what his restaurant is about." The website he showed me was: agfg

So, in concluding, it was a good result for me. Good comments, more work in the future and possibly another free dinner! I cannot ask for more than that.

nathans blog

Net Surfing

I have been surfing the net for photographer peter collie and landscape photographer peter eastway. Time for sleep, the fire burning in my lounge is so nice.

Self Portrait

I have been working on ways to really bring the life out of the eyes in portraits. Here I used a four light set up. It was shot on a Canon 2.8L 70-200 mm lens. I really like the catch lights in the eyes. There are lots of tones in the eyes. This is what I was looking for - how well I can bring out the tones and colour of the eyes in a photo. What do you think?

Blog

I have said to my teacher that I will be blogging more. So here is a start!

I have done the shoot of fish on Wednesday and all went well. I used side lighting for the fish and have been noticing that some food photographers are using a butchers paper in their shots. I would not have thought that something that simple would make a difference. But it made a big difference I think when I tried it. It breaks the food away from its surroundings and gives it a clean feel. This idea has been used by photoraphers like deborad jones.