We had a consultation meeting with the managers to learn about the restaurant and the kinds of items they offered and the ideas they had for the use of the photography. Finally, they told us which dishes they wanted photographed: two salads, two dinner entrees, two luncheon entrees, French Toast, deserts (cheesecake and cupcakes) and a cup of cappuccino .
After the consultation meeting I spent a lot of time searching the internet for photographs and information I could use as a guide for capturing mouth watering food images. Up to this point, the only food photography under my belt was the images I captured of my own plate, when we went out to dinner. Stand up - pull out my point and shoot and "Voila" - a great food shot, or so I thought.
We gathered at the restaurant around 4:00 and arranged the set for our dishes. We were assigned the two dinner entrees. It took us forever to get the computer synced to the camera - and then it was on to the lights - we started with strobes and a reflector. Finally we were ready and the manager brought us our first dish. We were working without a stylist so that part of the job was our responsibility too. After four hours, we finally had an image we were satisfied with.
Our next capture was a Salmon Steak. It did not take us quite as long to get set up for this dish - practice make perfect, or perhaps it was the close assistance of the instructor.....
Great going Daisy, Mary, Stephanie and William - we make a great team - a special thank you to John who served as our Digital Tech when we were pulling out our hair, and Cliff who encouraged and supported us until the wee hours of the night.
I packed up my car and started the long drive home around 11:30.
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