Do You Photograph Using Different Photography Techniques?
It’s February! Monday starts the new Food Capture Collective theme, Smoke/Fire. And I’m co-hosting this month with Dora of MGraceBakeshop!
Every month we tackle a different food photography technique or composition.
What is Smoke and Fire In Food Photography?
The theme Smoke refers to photographing smoke as it rises, twists and moves. Everything from the lighting to the speed shutter on your camera has to be exact if you plan to capture smoke’s elusiveness.
“Smoke” differs from “Steam” because smoke is caused from burning things like candles, wood, and rosemary garnishes in cocktails.
Steam is water vapor that comes from boiling. So, you don’t want to use a picture of a steaming cup of tea or a steaming pot of soup. That’s not Smoke.
And with Fire, you can use something as simple as a candle flame in your capture or as big as a pot over a burning campfire. This will light up your subject, create atmospheric photos, or add a pop of color to a simple image.
For this capture, I placed a cake on the table with different supporting elements around it, like fruits, plates, glasses of wine, branches and candles.
I started by lighting all 4 candles, setting a 10 second timer on the camera, then ran over to the table and started blowing out the candles at the 2 seconds left mark. All but one went out for this capture.
Somehow, I got both elements in this shot, but using one or the other works perfectly.
I shot this using a 50mm lens with settings 1/500 shutter speed, f2.5, and ISO 1600
