Restaurant Photography

[Jump]

Been asked to do a job over the next few weeks for a local restaurant chain, they want some arty shots of their food and locations for future promotional use!

Am spending 2 days with them visiting the various locations also going to the farm where they get their veg from to get some digging up shots!!

Any tips/ideas/links???

Never done anything with food before.....

 

[awp]

so how did you get the job?

 

[EOS_JD]

Food photography like any other photography needs quality lighting. Whether that is daylight or studio light you choose. A macro lens is a very useful lens when shooting plates of food.

For other images it depends on the feel you want to create

 

[Jump]

so how did you get the job?

Got the job via a close friend who is their marketing manager, didn't know whether to do it or not but then she showed me some photos that they had done about a year ago which the owners love, this gave me much more confidence as they looked like they'd be taken with a camera phone!!!!

 

[awp]

It's all about who you know. From your OP the concern was that you might not be equipped or experienced enough to do the job - produce an inferior result and the client then be put off using a professional (charging) photographer again. From their past experience it would seem this is not the case! Good luck with it - and let's see some of the pics in due course.

 

[mrtoad]

i have read food is notorious next to cars for cleanliness and lighting
as for the digging up...dynamic postures would be good