Giuseppe Arcimboldo
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| Historical |
Arcimboldo takes me back to school when we did Art. When I saw this task, I instantly thought of Arcimboldo who was an artist and made portrait paintings of heads that were made out of fruits and vegetables. He is originally from Italy. This one in particular is my favourite because the left image is the actual fruit basket and when you turn it upside down, you get this face. To think this goes back to the 1500's, I find it interesting to this very day.
Aaron Graubart
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| Contemporary/Historical |
This photographer is based in New York. The image seems like a studio set of some lemons. I like how they used a tree stick and some leaves to accompany the lemons. I think the green leaves do contrast with the yellow making it dominant. The lighting is pretty good. There is some shine on the bowl and on the leaf. I like how overall the background is dark. You can see some form of fabric along the bottom. Perhaps it's the table cloth that they've used. If you look closely, there is a bug on the lemon to the right. I think this collaborates with the leaf and the stick but it's slightly much. I think I would say this is a contemporary image with the set up and the lighting, however, it does have this historical theme with the way it's been composed and the content in my opinion. If you compare it to other contemporary images, I would say this is more historical. I think this image made me feel weird when I noticed the bug. I thought it was quite cool using these elements to create a bigger picture but then the bug just changed my perspective.
Martin Parr
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| Historical |
Here is what I would say is an old photograph. It looks very vintage with the colours and it just naturally feels quite old to me. After checking online, this image was taken in 1998 which is fairly old. So I decided to pick it for my historical research. The reason why I would say it's quite historical is maybe because the colours aren't so vibrant like contemporary images are. This is more of a washed out image and the food isn't really out there to impress. What I do like about this image is the documentary element. It includes someone's hand as they squeeze out the ketchup. This is a theme that I can actually use today.
Charles C Ebbets
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| Historical |
In this photograph, there are some people having their lunch on top of a skyscraper. My thoughts on this image was like wow. I mean it can't have been Photoshopped when it's been taken in 1932. I think it's cool to take a picture with that view as a background but it would be impossible for us in this case. But it's interesting how extreme things were back in time. This is a documentary styled image which I think is very useful because we can look back in a few years and see how much of a difference things are, just like how I'm looking at this image here.
Genesis Moss
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| Contemporary |
This photographer is from Los Angeles. This is a contemporary image of a muffin. I think the camera technique is great here with the use of depth of field. You can see how sharp the details look on that icing of the muffin. Moreover to the obvious, I think the background is nicely done using bookeh lights. Even with the red light flare in the middle, they all contrast with the white plate. It adds a nice touch to the image overall. The use of lighting is really nice here. All the brightness just makes the muffin look tasty and appealing. One thing I would mention is the metal stick to the left, perhaps the cake stand holder, is actually in focus and I think it ruins the image because it does have this blue/cooler lighting on it. This image inspires me to to take sharp images with good lighting to get the best appealing looking images.
Seamo66
This photographer uses macro lens to capture these stunning images. I think these images are really cool because they instantly catch your attention due to being different. Out of these images, the egg is my favourite because of the details. They've used some good lighting that focuses on all the closer elements. Another good thing is that the images are amazingly sharp in high quality. Just looking at all the bubbles on the egg looks like it's a scientific image from a microscope. I would say these images are contemporary and they make me feel really inspired.
Gray Box Studio
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| Contemporary |
This is a food documentary type of image. I like the wide angle technique for this particular image. I think it lets you get a wider shot and you can also get a nice use of depth of field with that angle. This image in particular helps to generate ideas when it comes to food photography. It shows me that it doesn't necessarily have to be food close up or making it all appetising in a studio. It can be images that shows a meal being cooked, prepared or even a busy kitchen. I think this image uses good lighting or flash because the foreground is fairly bright and not too harsh.
David Loftus
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| Contemporary |
Here is a contemporary image of sushi by David Loftus. I would assume this was taken in a studio with the white background. The lighting is quite nice and level throughout. I like how there's some shadows under the sushi which connotes that the light may be coming from the top right side. This image opens up my mind with organising food in the frame. Still life food photography is a nice way of capturing still shots of food. I think it's essential in the positioning of the food because it usually could make all the difference between a good and a bad image. The better the position, the better shots and angle you would capture. I like this image in the way it's been taken from above in a birds eye view. I would be touching on flatlays in my additional research.
I would say these images represent night time food photography. The left image is of a food stall at night, it's documenting the stall and the people who are eating there. The right image is taken in a restaurant but just by looking at the lighting, you can assume it could be taken at night. I feel like night time food images could have potential but I think daylight is better because I believe it's more about using natural lighting but on the other hand, night time can just make the food look more vibrant if it's dark background and the food is just eye catching.
Moodboard
Here is my food photography themed moodboard. Most of my images are from Tumblr because there is some great content there. In a nutshell, most of these images use lighting to capture some great shots. I think the technique is to have it slightly more over exposed than under exposed to ensure it's nice and bright. The colours are also very vibrant and sharp, which makes the food look appealing. The angles is a very important element to ensure you don't miss out on a certain detail that you might want to include. The position of the image must also pretty much be taken straight and not slanted, this makes it easy to appeal to our eyes and almost enhances the food to look better because it's more natural to us.
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