Samples of other images relating to food photography I have found

 

 

Great layout and use of colours used throughout the display.

 

ALL SYSTEMS GO...................................................................

I am very pleased that I have been given the ok to take Images of food as its being served straight from the grill at Colours Restaurant in St Helens.

I will take around 20 images and I am hoping to use at least 10 of the images in my booklet.  I am waiting to hear back to see when I can get in to take the images. In the mean time I will carry out research on food photography and the best angle an d lighting to use in the kitchen.


Here is a link to the Colours restaurant website with their current Menu details available.


http://www.sthelens.ac.uk/menus/818-saturday-dinner-menu

Response from my email to Terry Lavin - Head of catering at St Helens College.

Terry Lavin	14:26 (7 minutes ago)
to Antonio, Ian, Darren, steve.alker, me

Julie, I have no problem with this. Please just let me know when. However I would appreciate a copy of your photographs which we may use as a tool to market the restaurant if I have your permission to do that.

Kind Regards Terry

Email sent 31st October 2013 to the head of Catering at St Helens colege from myself.

tlavin@sthelens.ac.uk

Dear Mr Lavin,

I am currently studying BA Hons in Photography at St Helens college and I have a project that I am working on at the moment related to your industry.

I am producing a 5 page booklet/menu as part of one of my modules on the course. I have chosen to create a booklet based on food combined with a menu and restaurant details provided within the information booklet itself.

Last year while I was on the B-Tec with Bill Atterton I was given the opportunity to photograph some of the food you serve in your Colours restaurant and I was impressed with the outcome of my images and the standard of your food and presentation.

I would like your permission again to come and take some more images of food that is just about to be served straight from the kitchen so that I can use the images to produce my booklet? I will off course keep in line with the menu that you already have however I will just amend the colours and fonts as part of my module.

The booklet once produced will only been shared with my tutor and class for grading purposes and not to the public.

If you could let me know as soon as possible if you would be happy for me to attend the restaurant one evening so that I could get around 10 images off different meals & deserts I would really appreciate it.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kindest Regards,

Julie Morrison

Photography Student BA Hons 1st Year

Food Photography, Presentation of food and prices for menus

 

 

 

My Ideas:

 

 

I would like to produce a 3 page booklet on Food made in a restaurant covering the types of food the restaurant specialise in or sell and to showcase their presentation of gourmet style food.  The idea comes from work I have done before with food photography and I really liked the colours in the images and you can play about with depth of field in the image and get good contrast. 

 

It would be a simple layout with not to much detail showing the restaurants name with their opening times and contact details. I would then have the menu laid out simple to read with the restaurant shop front on the main page with the following 2 pages covering their menu with a descriptive price list and good clear imagery of the food described.

 

I have looked various restaurants in Liverpool at their on line menu's and I have collected menu's that you can take away with you.

They are clearly set out in order for you to follow the menu simply with not to much detail and this is something I would like to have a go a producing myself for this project.

Here are some links to on line Liverpool resturant menu's http://www.individualrestaurants.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Estate-main-AUTUMN.pdf

http://www.vivabrazilrestaurants.com/menu.asp

http://www.sapporo.co.uk/perch/resources/sapporo-al-a-carte-lpool-2013-1.pdf

Many of the on line menus use PDF and this is what I will be using to create my booklet so Its good to see from these sites what can be produced.  I would like to speak to the college restaurant and gain their permission to take photographs of the food that they produce for my theme and hope to complete my images by the 10th November so that I can start to look at my text and layout of the booklet. I need to choose a font style and size and arrange my menu in order so that it is clear to the customer.


Here I have some images I have taken previously of food photography and I would like something similar to this style.

 

 



Digital Cameras & Softwear

Variation of cameras available to us now:

Now days we have a wide variety of ways to take a picture from, Film Cameras, digital cameras with built in video recorders to hand held mobile phones. There are lots of products available It all depends on what you want to use them for.

Mobile Phones:

The use of Mobile phones is commonly used by everyone, even children with almost every one of the having a built in Camera on them with good quality cameras and mega pixels so that we can capture everything on the go where ever we are in the world.  Images can now be sent to News broadcasters and you can be paid a percentage for a image that they use to show on their News if you get it there 1st or you was there as it was happening! This gives everyone the opportunity to be a professional photographer!!!

Image 1, Newest type of mobile phone Iphone.

Digital Cameras:

Most families will have a digital camera at home even if they have a smart phone with a built in Camera. Again the type and style of digital camera you own would be your choice and how good of quality you would want your images.  For normal family holiday images you can buy smaller cameras with about 14 MP upwards these will set you back around £50.00 to £250.00.  Here is an image of a Sony 14.1MP digital camera. For little use from home and good quality images this camera would do for a family and its very user friendly. The control buttons will be simple and easy to follow with a built in flash for night photography.

 

 

 

 

Film Cameras

 

SLR cameras are still used by many and there are more modern cameras out now for example the Sprocket Rock 35mm panoramic film camera is increasingly more and more popular. No only do you get panoramic view with this 35mm camera you can also roll the film back and double exposure your images using colour or black 7 white film.  My partner has just ordered me one of these cameras for my Birthday and I am looking forward to experimenting with it. 

 

Lomo Sprocket Rocket Camera image 2,

 

 

Professional Digital Camera

 

 

For professional photography and keen photographers we have top of the range digital cameras that allow us to get fantastic imagery with built in settings and also manual adjustments so that as a professional you can manipulate your camera to do what you want it too.  DSLR cameras are expensive and range anything from £500.00 to £4000.00 then on top of that you have a selection of lenses and equipment that you would use. Investing in your camera is expensive but worth it if you are working in a professional photography environment.

 

I currently have a Canon 40D DSRL with 6 types of lenses that I use for various different shoots. The settings on the camera allow me to work in all conditions except for under water & freezing temperatures. These types of digital cameras allow you to work professionally and get good quality images if you know how to control them correctly.

 

 

Image 3, Canon 40D,