As promised in the previous post, here are some food images I shot at The Ogden, the new sports bar down the street from the United Center. They have great food and an above-average beer list to go with countless giant televisions; a perfect place to watch almost any game. As for shooting the food, it can always be a challenging process, especially when you have to light the entire thing yourself with no assistants or food stylists on set. Constant tiny tweaks are required while the food rapidly loses its lusted and the grease soaks thru the garnishes. On top of that, I seemingly spent a lifetime in Photoshop since we shot so many dishes.
Overall, I was happy with the results and liked the high key and energetic look I was going for, giving the bar food a bit of an edge with a touch of class (whoa, do I get a publicist credit there?) If you’re curious, I lit all the dishes with a large umbrella bounce as the key light, white board bounce on the other side for fill and another strobe more or less directly overhead, depending on the image. I really have no fancy training shooting food so it always tends to be a huge learning experience.
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