>>>
>>> OR
>>> OR WE
>>> OR WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEAL AT A RESTAURANT, BUT WE DON'T
WANT TO RUIN IT WITH A BAD
SHOT.
SHOT.
SHOT. SO
SHOT. SO WE INVITE PHOTOGRAPH CHARITY
BURGGRAAF TO SHARE HER TOP FIVE
TIPS FOR GREAT FOOD PHOTOS.
WELCOME.
WELCOME.
WELCOME. NOW WHAT DO YOU NORMALLY DO?
WITH YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY?
>> I USUALLY USE STROBE.
I START WITH NATURAL LIGHT AND
THEN GRADUATED INTO STROBE
BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER THAT WE
HAVE HERE IN SEATTLE.
>> OUR TIPS ARE THE ONES THAT
WE COULD TAKE TO USE WITH OUR
IPHONES, WHATEVER WE'VE GOT.
WE DON'T NEED A PROFESSIONAL
CAMERA.
CAMERA.
CAMERA. >> YEAH, YOU DON'T NEED THIS AT
ALL IF YOU WANT TO, FEEL FREE.
BUT MAINLY I WAS THINKING IN
TERMS OF iPHONES AND WHAT YOU
COULD DO WITH THAT AND IN TERMS
OF BEING AT THE RESTAURANT OR
THINGS IN THAT REGARD.
>> AND IF YOU'VE GOT IT.
YOU CAN DO WEST TO EAST WHERE
THAT SUN IS FACING, SO YOU ARE
FOCUSING IN ON WHERE THAT SUN
IS AT THAT TIME AND THEN YOU
COULD DO WITH SHARED CURTAINS
OR A NAPKIN, ALL OF THAT.
>> AND YOU COULD PUT THAT
THROUGH A LIGHT?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. NOW TELL ME HOW WE DO THAT,
WHAT WHAT DO YOU WANT?
AND I WOULD SAY TO PLAY WITH
YOUR FOOD, SO THAT YOU WON'T
TAKE IT SO SERIOUSLY.
MAYBE LIKE THAT IS WHEN YOU'VE
GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A MESS WITH
THAT OUT.
THAT OUT.
THAT OUT. >> YEAH, TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
IT IS REAL OR YOU'RE DOING
SOMETHING INTERESTING.
SOMETHING INTERESTING. IT'S NOT JUST THE PERFECT SET
UP OF THE FOODS AND I'M NOT A
FOOD STYLIST, BUT WE WILL ADD
THAT THERE AND SO IT IS NOT
JUST THIS VERY PERFECT THING.
>> AND THEN YOU SAY NEUTRAL OR
MATTE DISHES MATTERS WHAT THE
FOOD IS SITTING ON?
>> YES, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> THE SHINE BASICALLY.
YOU DON'T WANT THAT SHINE IF
YOU COULD HELP IT AND THEN IT
IS REALLY ABOUT THE FOOD.
YOU'RE FOCUSED ON WHAT THE FOOD
IS DOING RATHER THAN LIKE, YOU
KNOW, IF THIS IS GLARING, THEN
IT'S GOING TO BE MORE
DISTRACTING THAN WHAT'S ON THE
PLATE.
PLATE.
PLATE. >>
PLATE. >> MY DISHES ARE SHINY.
IF I WANTED TO DO THIS.
>> YEAH, THAT'S OUR BIG THING.
TO PUT THE FOOD ON.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> THEN YOU SAY TOP DOWN?
>> TOP DOWN.
>> TAKING FOOD TOP DOWN.
>> AND THREE QUARTERS, 90
DEGREES, THREE BASIC GO-TO
ANGLES FOR FOOD.
WHAT DOES THAT ALL MEAN?
>> AND SO TOP DOWN IS, YOU
KNOW, PLEASE FEEL FREE.
TOP DOWN IS THE MOST WHAT YOU
SEE ON INSTAGRAM THE MOST THESE
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. SO
DAYS. SO YOU ARE BASICALLY TAKING A
PICTURE TOP DOWN THIS WAY AND
FLAT LAY, SO YOU COULD KIND OF
ORGANIZE AND PLAY WITH THAT
STORY TOP DOWN.
NOW THREE QUARTER IS KIND OF
COMING IN THIS WAY, SO YOU ARE
A LITTLE HIGH, BUT AT AN ANGLE
AND YOU COULD KIND OF SEE LIKE
A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT'S GOING ON
IN THE BACKGROUND, A LITTLE BIT
MORE PLATE AND ACTION THERE AND
THEN 90 DEGREES IS LIKE REALLY
GREAT FOR BURGERS, STRAIGHT ON.
YOU CAN SEE LIKE THAT
MCDONALD'S, LUSCIOUS BURGER
SHOT KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER.
WHATEVER.
WHATEVER. >> THE BEAUTY SHOT.
SO YOU ARE GETTING ALL THE
JUICES AND ALL THE DRIPS AND
ALL THAT AND THAT IS MORE OF 90
DEGREES.
DEGREES.
DEGREES. BURGERS, COOKIES, LIKE THAT'S
GREAT WITH A STACK, YOU KNOW,
PLAYING WITH THAT IDEA.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT
THE IDEA.
THE IDEA.
THE IDEA. >> LET'S SAY YOU WERE DOING
THIS ONE.
THIS ONE.
THIS ONE. WHAT ANGLE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
>> THIS IS TWO DIFFERENT
ANGLES.
ANGLES.
ANGLES. GENERALLY TOP DOWN BECAUSE
YOU'VE GOT A GREAT GRAPHIC
SWIRL ON THINGS.
YOU COULD KIND OF PLATE IT A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
THE OTHER OPTION, IT WOULD BE
GOING THROUGH QUARTERS.
YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE
THIS IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT IT
IS MAINLY ABOUT THIS BOWL AND
THEN YOU ARE SEEING THIS.
THEN IT IS A LAY OUT AND MORE
GRAPHIC.
GRAPHIC.
GRAPHIC. THEN YOU HAVE LIKE A TRICK WITH
WHITE OR BLACK BOUNCE CARDS?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. LIKE IF YOU WANT TO AMP IT UP,
IT'S TWO PIECES OF TAG BOARDS
TO GET IT AT ANY STORE AND I
TAPE THAT TOGETHER.
ONE IS BLACK AND WHITE ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
OTHER SIDE. >> WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR YOU?
>> IF YOU HAVE A LIGHT HERE, I
BROUGHT IN A SUN FOR US.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE NO WINDOWS, NO
NORTHEAST WEST.
NORTHEAST WEST. >> AND SO THE BEST WAY TO LIGHT
SOMETHING IS FROM THE BACK.
AND SO THE BACK LIGHT.
I'M PRETENDING THE FRONT.
AND IF WE ARE GOING THE BACK
LIGHT ON THIS WHERE THAT SUN IS
COMING THROUGH, HITTING
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. SAY IT WILL BE A PRETTY LARGE
SHADOW THAT IS HAPPENING ON
THIS SIDE BECAUSE OF HOW THE
SUN IS HITTING THAT SIDE.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO BOUNCE THE
LIGHT COMING IN THIS WAY JUST
TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT
FOR THE OTHER SIDE.
>> AND WHAT WOULD THAT BLACK
PART BE FOR?
>> THAT IS MORE FUN.
THIS WILL DECREASE THE LIGHT
AND ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE
DRAMA, SO YOU WOULD BLOCK SOME
OF THE LIGHT OFF THE ONE SIDE,
SO YOU ARE CREATING MORE OF
LIKE WHERE THAT LIGHT IS
HITTING.
HITTING.
HITTING. >> GOT IT.
MAYBE SOME CONTRAST?
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. A BIT OF INTEREST.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF
YOUR PHOTOS TO GET AN IDEA OF
THE BEAUTY.
THE BEAUTY. >> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. >> GOOD RESULTS FROM SOME OF
THESE THINGS.
THESE THINGS. WE ARE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH
THEM AND GIVE US THE TIPS AS WE
LOOK AT THEM.
>> THIS IS WINDOW LIGHT.
THIS IS COMING FROM BOUNCING
OFF THE WHITE BUILDING NEXT
DOOR.
DOOR.
DOOR. THAT IS VERY CLEVER AND
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
AND THIS IS ALSO THE BACK
LIGHT.
LIGHT.
LIGHT. TOP DOWN.
TOP DOWN.
TOP DOWN. >> I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN, TO
CATCH THAT GEOMETRY.
THEN YOU GET THAT GLARE TOO,
WHICH IS KIND OF HARD.
SO THIS IS SIDE LIGHT COMING
OFF THE SIDE OF THE PLATE
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. AND IT IS JUST KIND OF
SOFTENING THAT AND THAT IS SIDE
LIGHT AS WELL, WHICH IS GREAT
FOR GLASSWARE AND THEN A BOUNCE
OFF TO THE SIDE.
THIS IS A HARDER LIGHT.
THIS IS JUST REALLY STRONG
LIGHT HITTING THE SIDE.
NO BOUNCE ON THE OTHER SIDE AS
YOU CAN SEE THE SHADOW OPEN THE
SIDE OF THE BOWL THERE.
JUST REALLY GETTING THAT
AGGRESSION.
AGGRESSION. THEN IT HAD IS ANOTHER SOFT
BACK LIGHT TOP DOWN.
>> THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT MAKES ME WANT THAT.
>> AND IT WILL