Well thanks mods for getting this going, it will help us all in the long run (better pics = more money)

I have been so busy trying to build my portfolio, drawing more than shooting, so I haven't had any spare time to read let alone post to the forums.

Anyways here is one of my shots from over christmas. I had bought the bread about a week before the shoot. So I had to pick through to get enough just for this shot. Mold I don't think would sell very good.

I have a cutting board that's pretty big, so I set that on my kitchen table, arranged the bread and wheat.

I had my flash set up right left and one behind me. I use el-cheap-o camera flashes off ebay, I take them apart then cut all the wires except the pin and ground wires, then I mate them with wireless receivers. I used a disfusier over the top of the front edge of the cutting board as I was getting glare.

Well I'm not at all pleased with the photo, but just don't have time to get the stuff together for a reshoot.

thanks again for the outlet

Bob



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Not an expert, but offhand, I would say use a white background and bump the contrast a bit. I've tried the cutting board as a background and it seems to compete with the subject. I'm sure it could be done right, but...

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Agreed. The composition is really nice, but the subject fades into the background. :-( Here's one of my very first food shots from way back where the cutting board seems to work well:



And Bob, thanks for suggesting this forum! It was a great idea! :-)

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I like the composition, theres alot of detail going on there. Perhaps like virago suggested bump up the contrast slightly to give it some oomph. I find bread really hard to get right, perhaps I'll just stick to shooting the Atkins diet lol.

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Hi,

If you have a good photo editing progam like photoshop.. try boosting the mid range colors of the picture. In photoshop, levels, midrange about 1.20- or 1.30... but be sure the pictures is noise free before doing so. After that adjust the brightness/contrast by : brighthess about - 2 or - 3 and contrast by about + 10- +15.
You will notice the picture pops out of your screen.

Just another tip.

Patrick.

ps : let me know if ths works for you... you think your pictures got any better and more approval ratio... :wink:

ps : just out of curiosity i opened your SS tumb in photoshop and noticed a slight slope in your lightness channel... moving the cursor just beyond that slope already gave a lot of improvement... adjusting the midrange to about 1.20 and after that going to the brightness/contrast menu, adjusting with my suggestions gave a whole new picture. IMO much better.

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Thank you made the curves adjustments and resubmitted here it is.

Bob



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yep it defenitely looks better now, it looks nice and natural and ready to eat

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