You have to be the clear and straight forward photography guru i have ever heard. You say everything that we need to hear, nothing, ambiguous or assuming that we know already. well done you! onwards........
Another brilliant video with great tips. This is the first video of yours I’ve actively put off watching. I was a chef for 20 years but it ended quite bad and I had to give it up due to having a condition colloquially know as the chef's illness (alcoholism). I’ve purposely avoided almost everything to do with food photography since, even though I’ve been sober for 22 years. Watching this has started me thinking, I know food very well and I’m slowly learning how to press a shutter.
Thanks for sharing- I have a similar story to you (Chef /Owner) Although I don't have the 22 years and it is day to day for me- I have picked up the camera too. (-; Good luck
I feel like having a tripod helps alot in this scenario because you can use a longer shutter speed which results in better control of your exposure. Thanks for this video Sean!
Sean...you are one of the most insprational (non-pretentious) photographers that I have seen on RU-vid. You are a pleasure to watch. The tips you provide really do help me to improve my photography (which I have been doing for over 20 years). Every day is a school day!
That's spooky Sean. As you know I follow your blogs, videos, photography etc with great interest and have been thinking recently that I'd like to shoot food. And low and behold you are there once again to offer your insight. Thank you. The food you shot looks delicious and mouthwatering and the photographs were amazing. Tony.
This is EXACTLY why I love your videos. So in-depth yet so simple to follow and understand! Thank you as always. Also loved the comparison of pics with different cameras. Would have loved to learn more about styling.
I just stumbled on your site, at the suggestion of my photographer husband, and it is WONDERFUL! I love how practical your tips are, even for a fairly new photographer. Very easy to understand and super inspiring! I love that you emphasize you don't always need super fancy equipment to capture beautiful photos. Amazing content; THANK YOU!
Really love your videos Sean. I stumbled on them a few days ago (Editing Color was the first one) and it really changed the way i'm looking at the pictures I'm trying to take. I also realised I had already seen some of your videos about Product Photography a few years back and I remember taking so many tips from it back then, while I was working on 3d lighting product shots. Thanks so much for being such an inspirational photographer and genuine human being.
Thank you so much. This just appeared in my feed as I'm looking to learn better food photography skills for my China Instagram. What I love is that it's a genuine video raw and not overproduced. Humble with useful information that I can see. You also make it accessible and relatable to me. I'm starting with my phone cameras. Once I hit an Insta milestone I will upgrade to a decent old Cannon as you have shown. And I love the comparison of the phone to the cameras and how to do light and dark photography. So I felt so warm and moved by this lovely video that I joined.
Helpful and inspiring as ever, Sean. Particularly love how you utilize available light, improvised light modifiers, and less than fancy gear. Very encouraging, makes me want to experiment with the genre myself.
Great video Sean. It's not an area I've ever really spent any time with, but it's inspiring when you watch someone who really knows what they're doing. Super recipes from Vla too!
I really love it that Sean uses older and used gear that's more affordable to photography-beginners than a 5Div or a 1Dx. Oh. I wrote this comment before I read the title of the video.
Dang Sean, I have watched a bunch of food photography videos and then find yours and realize that I could have easily just skipped all the other ones and saved time. Big fan, as you can see, and as a middle-aged introvert, I don't say that lightly. The dark moody photo of the cake is really amazing.
I liked the way you brought out that camera range thing yet again. 5D, 550D or your iphone, you did the job great. Also, it was good to learn how simply we can set up our own budget studio without fancy stuff. Keep going mate, you are amazing!
Your videos are always so artful. Thank you for sharing. I don't usually take pictures of my food but I do share a lot about my life on my videos & my Instagram so if I manage to make them look beautiful with your tips, it would be a great thing to add. Thanks for your videos! They inspire me every time. 🙌🏼
Really great video tutorial. It's really pleasant to get some learning resources like these from professional: that goes farther than "hey use this amazing lightroom preset"...
Excellent video Sean thank you very much for sharing this. Food photography has been an interest of mine for a while so this really resonates with me. You and your friend make a great team. Great job on putting all this content together.
Love this! Coincides with me messing about with my Nikon D3300, 50mm/1.8 lens and some chocolate brownies I made. I'll go back now and try out some of your tips. Awesome work Sean.
Brilliant video Sean! I usually just snap my lunch with my phone and pop it on Instagram, this has inspired me to put a little more effort in. Your mate's food looks great too. You're knocking it out of the park at the moment with these vids.
Amazing video Sean! I love your style and the way that you show everything. Thank you very much for sharing all these amazing knowledge with us!! Cheers
This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much! I've done landscape photography, but I'm an enthusiast home cook and I wanted to start with DYI solutions before investing in proper gear/set-up in the future - thank you so much for saving me some $$.
Great video. I have an inexpensive setup and a plastic fantastic. What I do like is your comparisons with the different cameras. The other thing is using cards and other everyday things as reflectors and diffusers to get the look you want. I’ve seen other channels where they have lights, speedlites and huge soft boxes that are worth a fortune just to get a photo. Subscribed!
I know this is not a recent video, but it looks like a fun collaboration. I also have to agree with you on the apsc sensor canon body and the nifty fifty. It's a fantastic combanation that gives you a versital 80 mm or so focal length. I am currently in this configuration. Best of all when I go full frame I have a 50mm f1.8. Another great vid!
I enjoyed this video Sean! Thank you! You and your friend are great teachers. I take pictures of my own foods but I am always thinking what if I had this, or that... but you had great tips to create amazing pictures. Oh the food, looks yummy.
Best tutorials I have found on the internet so far. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this! Would love to see content on video. Just saw your color grading video, it was fantastic. Definitely subscribed!
When he said "dark food photography is really popular right now" it sounded like dogfood photography to me xD I just thought: what?! Dogfood photography, really? Trends these days... *:-D
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I found all the answers to my questions. I am a biginner in food photography. I run a foodtruck in France so I need to shoot lots of photos for my business. I purchased a blackboard because I know its useful (but i don't know how to use it ). I owe a 50 mm lens, I am excited to shoot with this lens😂😂Great job 👍👍
Thank you so much for this video! I just started a BBQ channel and I have been having a hard time with the "beauty" shots at the end of our videos. Seeing as we are just starting I didn't want to spend a lot of money. Love that I can use things like a sheet and a piece of foil to improve me shots!
Very interesting video. I've hardly ever done food photography before, but this is very helpful, Especially the light set up. I used to use a Canon 40D (when it first came out) and when it went "tits up" during the Manx Grand Prix, i had to go back to my 400D...............and it was awesome!!!! Never write off a cheaper entry level camera. I have the plastic fantastic too. Great little lens. Great vid again, Sean, very helpful
I've been following you for a while now Sean - love the pace of your pieces, the way you explain stuff in an educational but not patronising way... and most of all the personable and measured way in which you do it. More power to you. This as ever is a super film, and despite the fact I've been photographing for a while, there were still some great tips here for me to devour (excuse the food pun). I have a question about the background you were using though? Love it... it's a mottled ark one... where did you get it? Would like to use it for some street portrait experiments.Happy New Year Sean!
