Food photography Lens
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- hektor911
Hope your having a great weekend!
What kind of lens would you recommend for food photography! I will be doing a lot of that this coming month and need to see whats the best outhere!
Thanks!
- sikma0
in a perfect world a tilt shift lens. once upon a time all good food photography was shot with on 4x5 so shape and focus could be manipulated and controlled.
outside of that just get a nice lens preferable no shorter the 50mm
- ********0
the faster the lens the shallower the focus you will be able to achieve--sometimes a good look for food
- hektor9110
I've been looking at this one (this lens focuses down to 1:2, which is more than close enough for food, it's exceptionally sharp and optically clean, and the zoom is very useful for precisely framing closeup shots)
- nicnichols0
what camera are you using?
... Rand is right.. faster is better, and alot of the food stuff we shoot is also macro, or at least a lens that has macro available.. if you are shooting 35, I would go with a range between 18-80, 2.8 if you've got it....is it table top stuff, like a dish of food, or food items on a entire table?
- sikma0
classic food photography always has the background out of focus as the doctor just mentioned. this is why perspective control lens/camera (tilt/shift) were commonly used.
- sikma0
a 40D and that lens will work just fine.
what lighting do you have?
- hektor9110
I use to do this! and i had pretty fair photos!
- ********0
I like the natural light look for food
- available, I mean********
- but I don't know anything about photography********
- available, I mean
- sikma0
hot lights and food don't mix well....
instead of getting a new lens consider buying/renting some strobes.
preferable a soft box and a umbrella combo. stay away from bare bulbs as there not very flattering and create harsh shadows.
- sikma0
Alien Bee makes some cheap but very good lights. If your new to lighting but want buy some great equipment check these guys out.
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- pom0
PS some sweet food photography can be seen at www.fxcuisine.com
He has a pretty nice kitchen setup too.
- ********0
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Macro Lens
$500-One of my shots with this lens:
- lambsy0
here are some tilt-shift lenses:
prices from @320 to 89 $ depending on the model.
they have some nice examples of food photos with their lenses on the site as well
- stewart0
wouldn't a 2.8 result in a way too short sharp part in the pictures, especially using macro lenses?
ie:
i'd prefer a sharper subject, with the accessories less sharp in the fore- and background.
- jonatne0
Doesn't answer you question but it is on topic...
I love this chicks food photography > http://www.101cookbooks.com/
Great blog for awesome recipes and foodie talk