A photograph is essentially a communication tool. Just a piece of the picture, but can tell a lot of things. Can capture many important events in our lives. The process of the sacred marriage, the birth of the baby, and then progress from month to month if it is unfortunately not recorded visually. Graduation, reunion, streets, even just a chat with friends incomplete if not photographed. Or for the mothers, there is a certain satisfaction if able to take pictures of cooking or baking it and then upload it on social networking.
Photography is known as an expensive hobby. It is reasonable because the price of a good SLR camera can be tens of millions of dollars. Not to mention if you want to have a wide variety of lenses, telephoto, zoom, macro, and others-we must be willing to spend deeply. However, today more and more people who enjoyed this hobby one, both a hobby and that evolved into a profession.
Various information can be obtained from a photograph then bring up a category or grouping of objects based photography shooting, such as wedding photographs, landscape photographs, child photographs, fashion photographs, photo model, and food photos. Lately a new genre emerged, home food photography or home-based food photos.
This genre was raised by women / mothers who like cooking or culinary enthusiasts who perpetuate his work in a photo and then upload them on their personal blogs. Therefore, they are then known as a food blogger or a foodie bloggers. Unlike the commercial food photos, which although looks delicious but I could not eat anymore because it has been through the process of styling with chemicals, fake food, paint, glue, and other objects are non-edible to achieve the desired effect of the client, home food photos What is the result of food cooking or baking, which can certainly be eaten.
However, do not underestimate the quality of the food home this photo because it is not less good and quality compared to commercial food photos. If you do not believe it, please walk to their blog, you will undoubtedly find scattered photographs of the food appetizing and mouthwatering. And the photographs that ciamik was photographed at home, in between busy these mothers take care of the house and children. You can imagine how long and tiring process of shooting.
Creative journey of a home-based food photograph is usually started from the discovery of sharing recipes or recipes from fellow foodie bloggers. To try the recipe, they have to hunt for ingredients, set aside some spending money, then put it into practice. Usually not enough once to get the food in accordance with the taste and appearance desired. Can be used many times and it's done in between busy taking care of children and household.
After testing the recipe, then the results are documented. This process is also not easy having to romp between the sun and the good wishes of the infant to suckle, also persuade the child not to pinch-dab food being photographed. Or, at the time of shooting, suddenly the small spill water or gravy food being photographed.
All the shooting was not done in a special studio, but only in the living room, dining room, kitchen, some even in the bathroom because there just happen to good light in there. They call it the "studio-odong odong" that can move around depending on the sunlight is no where good.
In essence, you can simplify the process as simple as a table shooting the sun + + windows or make it as complex as a softbox reflector + + + fillinlight props stylist + + etc. Both had the same thought process: planning, decision making, execution, post production. Never underestimate the process of shooting food. In fact, the simplest of a photo session in the kitchen you can drain even the thought, effort, and the same time with high fashion photo shoot or travel adventure in the Grand Canyon.
The resulting photographs were not home as much as possible snap. The food bloggers are photographed with a vengeance. Start thinking about the concept of the photo shoot, styling, composition, property support, until the lighting was supposed to do. After that, perform post processing of photographs taken. Sifting through which feasible photos displayed on the blog. Of the nearly hundreds of shots, at most only five photos taken. Only then display it on the blog, the test results following a recipe photo outcome.
A photograph is essentially a communication tool
