COLOR and PRESENTATION
Color is a huge driver of emotion. With food, we already have an emotional attachment. Using color to enhance what is already a part of the image is what we are focusing on this week.
Color can be used as a compositional tool or a textural application. Color can enhance one part of the image or apply itself throughout to make the image seem colder – or warmer – to the eye.
From background choices to the food itself, to the color of the light we use – all play a part in helping the color convey more to the image than a mere capture of the subject.
Strawberry Soup
Using a very dark and isolating background, the red strawberry soup stands out and becomes nearly overwhelming in the presentation. This is nearly a two color shot with just a bit of green to spice up the reds.
Large, soft light from above. No fill.
PRINCETON
For this cover, the photographer gathered props that featured warm, fall colors and then shot it with similar colors in the background. The background is rendered totally out of focus by the super shallow depth of field. Fall colors are applied to the background, warming the sky and bringing in the red and earth tones to help with the presentation of the autumn theme.
Chocolate on Steel
A rusted, brown steel background is used to show off the warmth of the chocolate and the single yellow candy stands out against the army of metal colors, dark browns, and white. Very nice “S” curve composition and soft, directional top light give the shot a very comfortable and accessible feeling.
The “Stack”
Grouping two colors (warms and greens) against a stark white background make them stand out. The shot utilizes a large light from top that extends from top to bottom of the image. No visible fill, nor is there any gradient to the background so the image takes on an isolated feeling. Food as sculpture.
Assignment Six:
Use color in a creative way. Any technique is fine, just make the shot about the COLOR of the food.
Egg Drop
Cool tones, neutral browns and blues, and a single yellow egg. In this photograph, the light seems a bit on the cold side (see skin tone and wall), while also being a bit de-saturated to present a very soft feel to the image. Soft light from camera left gives it a window like appeal, and the action of the dropping egg is unmistakably the center of attention here.
SAMPLES IMAGES AND LIGHTING EXAMPLES.
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