I consider myself fusion. I do both photography and video. Which art require more skills? What are your guys thought? I am not talking about big featured film or any very high end video production. In my opinion those are way way more difficult than any type of photography. Let’s say a wedding filmmaker and a…
First time doing photoshoot for food packaging. A new food company is going to launch their new line of noodle product. The main difference from shooting food for restaurant is that the photo here need to be on pure white background (255,255,255). So their designer can lay out everything in photoshop. There are two ways to…
When I organized my photo album today, I find many of my old food shots are really good. Some are still my favorite and best to date. These photos were taken from 2011 to 2013. Indeed the lighting for food photography is kind simple. You give a big soft light, food will always look good. My lighting…
My mostly used lens for my GH3 camera – Panasonic G X VARIO 12-35 mm f/2.8 ASPH. P.O.I.S. It stays on my camera like 80% times. But this lens has one big drawback. That is it is insanely prone to flare. I never used a lens that is so weak against bright light. Let’s take a look…
If you go to Flushing, New York, the most popular shop you see are those bubble tea drink shop. Every year, there are several new ones opening. When I first came to the town 10 years ago. There were only like 2 or 3 brand, and a very few shops in the town. Now they…
Shooting food for Joy burger bar at west village. They have been looking for someone to photography their food for long time. Recently a coworker recommended me to them. Food looks great. I only hoping they have better looking plate. The plate is kind ugly, so they use paper to cover. Does not look elegant…
Until last week I did not know how to print DVD and cover. I know DVD is old school. Now everyone watch HD video online. Our eye is get used to HD. I just can not stand DVD quality anymore. But DVD is still the most commonly delivered video format. Yeah I know one day there will be…
I have not done many food photography recently since I focus more on video side. I am no longer use my Canon DSLR. This photoshoot was done using my Panasonic GH3 mirrorless camera. Lens used for these photos was the 35-100 f2.8. I did not use umbrella, as I know now for this type of product, softbox works better.…
A few people at a forum online recommended this super cheap mic for filming. The model is called iSK CM-20C Super-Cardioid Condenser Microphone. It cost $27 plus $18 shipping from Australia to America at ebay. I believe most people do not know anything about this brand. I thought it is so inexpensive, so it does…
Today I saw a discussion on a Facebook group chat regarding property rights and legal ramifications. There are a lot of good information and suggestions from others comments. I personally experienced similar situation as the OP experienced. I think I would like to share some of the discussion. OP: A couple of weeks ago, a…