rirakuma Posted February 1, 2015 Share #1 Posted February 1, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I hope I've posted this in the right section, does anyone know where I can find some materials or books on famous food photographers who shoots using film? This can be current or previous generation of photographers. I have a few favourites of my own but they're all using digital. If you know of some leads please let me know, thank you for your time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Hi rirakuma, Take a look here Food photographers shooting film?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
A miller Posted February 2, 2015 Share #2 Posted February 2, 2015 I can see how film would help control highlights and tonality as well as optimize a colour palatte. I wonder, though, whether the lack of clinical sharpness is a problem, unless one is using medium or large format? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted February 2, 2015 Share #3 Posted February 2, 2015 Here's someone who uses both film and digital - note the Polaroids for "chimping." Food Photography & Styling Workshop at ICI restaurant - Recap! - Karen Wise Photo Blog Food photography seems like a "niche" - but within that niche there is a lot of space for variety. There's the sterotypical "table-top" studio photograph for glossy magazines. Where the absolute control of lighting and filtering negate any "film advantage" regarding tonality and color palette. And sharpness and grainlessness are at a premium, and thus require either large-format, or large-medium-format (6x7) film - or digital. (I tried making a "high-end" food photo with a 35mm and Panatomic-X in college. Total disaster. Wrong tools and medium.) But if one expands one's "picture" of food photography to include pictures that are "about" (rather than "of") food - or the wider experience of dining and the enjoyment of food - then anything goes, if it carries the message. Even H-C-B could be considered a "food photographer" - in B&W, on 35mm, on film: http://thefabweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/i0opWvfroKecl.jpg?25d8db http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2014/12/23/1419343551396/Sunday-on-the-Banks-of-th-003.jpg http://blog.ricecracker.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/PAR135438.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rirakuma Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted February 2, 2015 Thank you guys! My internet is capped at the moment but I'll check those links as soon as I go on normal speed in a few days. A miller, I'm actually curious about those exact things the highlights and colour palette used for them. I think that food/product photographers are extremely picky on colours and I want to see how it differs from the high end digital shooters. Adan, thank you very much for those links I can't wait to check them out when my net is back. Would you like to share the image you took with us? I'm curious to see how it turns out. I can imagine it would be incredibly challenging doing a high end shoot with film, its hard enough doing it on digital. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanG Posted February 2, 2015 Share #5 Posted February 2, 2015 Major NY advertising still life and food shooters often used 8x10. They might have several setups going at once and leave them untouched until the film was processed and client approved. There is/was fast E6 processing in NYC. Still life shoots can actually be fairly low contrast compared with sunny outdoors scenes. The photographer has complete control over lighting. I used to shoot LF jewelry catalogs on E6 and would use specular lighting to make diamonds sparkle. One client specified Velvia for their gold color. This is fairly specialized work and also requires good stylists. I have no idea if many or anyone is still shooting this on film but would doubt it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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