Tuesday, February 3, 2009

My Food Photography Workshop

Last two weekends I've conducted my 6th & 7th Simple Food Photography Workshop. It was a good turn out and I was very excited to inaugurate my studio for this workshop. The space was good, the food was good and we all were on track on time.

There are a lot of great food photographers out there who does this for a living. My Simple Food Photography Workshop intends to give an insight on how it works, from preparing the food, styling, shooting, and marketing.

The objective of this workshop is that at the end of the course, each participants will have a set of food photography portfolio that they can use to pitch for future photo work. For this purpose, my class is limited to a maximum of 5 persons per workshop so that each participant have a comfortable shooting time and enough attention from me.

Overall, the workshop went smoothly and I couldn't help myself from photographing some of the food, during conducting my workshop! :)

I'm conducting more workshops in February, and hopefully at least once a month from now on. Keep checking out posts on this blog! Cheers!

Tasty Spaghetti Beef Bolognaise
IMAGE:Tasty Spaghetti Beef Bolognaise

Grilled Chicken with Tumeric Sauce
IMAGE:Grilled Chicken with Tumeric Sauce

Classic Macaroni & Cheese
IMAGE:Classic Macaroni & Cheese

Grilled Chicken with Tumeric Sauce, on white background
IMAGE:Grilled Chicken with Tumeric Sauce, on white background

From Left: Yaziz, Arief, Azhar, Sham (looks kinda like Vin Diesel's brother don't u think?), Shafik and Zuraini. Group photo of the 7th Simple Food Photography Workshop held on 31-JAN-09, at FOTOMOMO STUDIO.
IMAGE:7th Workshop Particiapants group photo

Zuraini evaluating her shots.
IMAGE:Zuraini evaluating her shots.

Shafik's turn photographing food.
IMAGE:Shafik's turn photographing food.

Yaziz in the background while Sham shoots.
IMAGE:Yaziz in the background while Sham shoots.

Our food prep station. This is where the styling and preparation takes place before the shoot.
IMAGE:Our food prep station. This is where the styling and preparation takes place before the shoot.

Sham Abdul, photographing food at my studio where I conduct my "Simple Food Photography" workshops. Next to him is Shafik from Penang.
IMAGE:Sham Abdul, photographing food at my studio where I conduct my

Arief & Zuraini, discussing some shots.
IMAGE:Arief & Zuraini, discussing some shots.

Here's my studio. In the background is Kyrol and Azuddin, who's working on the laptop. Unseen here is Jailani during the 6th Simple Food Photography Workshop.
IMAGE:My studio

Another view of my studio from the main entrance. It's quite spacious, which makes work so comfortable.
IMAGE:My studio

Jailani (on the ladder), with Azuddin and Kyrol (on far right).
IMAGE:Jailani (on the ladder), with Azuddin and Kyrol (on far right).

4 comments:

  1. Salam,
    Nicely done.
    All the details and colours makes even the onion looks yummy.

    It is possible to produce nearly same quality of lighting without the studio equipment? I'm interested in food photography, what zoom lens do u recommend? Thank u! Pls do visit my page and drop a few tips.

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  2. Congratulations....someday i will join your workshop.....keep good work....cant wait to have good talk with you again soon...

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  3. Thanks Jidin. Hope to see you soon too in one of my future workshops. Cheers!

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  4. Hello Nazmi, while studio lighting and speedlights help with the control of lights in food photography, it is undeniable that yes, you can shoot food with only ambient lighting. As for lens, I'd recommend a 50mm f1.8 lens. It's small, has enough focal length when attached with a 1.5x or 1.6x DSLR crop factor, and has a wide range of aperture settings from f1.8 and above. Nice for rendering a good bokeh. I hope this information helps. Cheers!

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