Makes You Hungry Just Looking
Great food photography
makes your mouth water just looking at the picture. The image looks
so real that you want to grab the food off
the page and eat it! But great food photography isn't just beautiful,
it also sells products. Many people make buying decisions in the grocery
store and at the restaurant based on what the picture looks like. That's
why my clients hire me. I make pictures that sell.
Food photography
is considered the most difficult photographic discipline, but I
love it because it is so creative. Sometimes the photographer has
just seconds to capture a steaming hot or freezing cold dish before
it dies on the table. I have seen food stylists take two hours
preparing a single dish, only to have it fall apart after just
getting off three or four shots. That is why I always use a stand-in
dish, that looks similar to the "hero" real thing. I
light the stand-in with the props, show the client the image with
the stand-in on my computer screen, so that when the real thing
is set on the table the shot is already perfect.
Almost all of my work is shot with a digital camera system. I often bring
a laptop to many of my shoots and download images for client
approval on the spot. This takes all the guess work out of the photo
shoot. You know you have the picture you want before we remove anything
from the table.
My national clients use me like a movie director. I assemble a team
to work on the pictures that could include food stylists, location
scouts, prop stylists, photographer's assistants and digital retouching
experts. My editorial and smaller clients often work with me alone,
with my client cooking and me doing the food styling and propping.
I am comfortable with both scenarios, having worked with so many food
stylists that I know most of the tricks of the trade. See my Los Angeles, California area food stylist directory page to hire a food stylist, or you can ask me to hire one for you.
Do you want
to know how much a photo shoot would cost? Send an email or give a
call with details about your shoot, and I will email back a
written estimate. Include information about:
- How many final
images do you need?
- How will
the images be used and in what medium will they appear?
- Where will the
shoot be, in what city and at what location?
- What are your
budget and time constraints?
Contact
Dennis Davis at Davis@DavisPhotographic.com or phone the office
at 562-612-1643 or cell phone at 213-434-3344
Need photographs
of other subjects than food? See www.PhotographerInLosAngeles.com
or http://www.DavisPhotographic.com
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