obviously lighting is
all-important if i took the most beautiful dish of food and put it in direct sunlight it would look
awful
now why why does it look awful? the highlights are so bright the shadows are so dark
every single glisten of food picks up a high light of light so what we do
is create a sort of quiet lighting environment possible for that food
say here we are in the mews my sort of ideal
space to
shoot i have a
big south facing window
which during the summer can actually be a bit much
and we will put a little sheet over the window to stop the big sunlight
coming through what we have is the north facing light that never gets direct
sunlight
it's just a very soft light
if the sun is shining strongly it'll reflect off the buildings in but its never
too harsh and that's the most important thing
and what we do is
regulate the light with
diffusion or reflexion
either diffuse strong light or
reflect light back in to the picture
we can create shadows we can but all done with daylight
and all done with either a silver surface a white surface or a
black surface
black creating shadow
white creating reflection
simple as that
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