New book for aspiring food photographers
May 30, 2011
With the growth of food blogs and the advances in digital camera technology, foodies from all over the world can now collectively drool over mouth-watering online food photography, whether they’re in Leeds or Los Angeles.
This surge in popularity has not gone unnoticed with the release of a new book on food photography – Plate to Pixel: Digital Food Photography and Styling. Authored by food photographer Helene Dujardin, the book offers hints (more…)
Rapper goes bonkers for British photography competition
May 28, 2011
Rapper Dizzee Rascal has been snapped in West Yorkshire, doing his own snapping as part of photography competition run by the search engine Bing. More familiar with being on the other side of a commercial photographer’s lens, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park offered (more…)
Roomset photography in the property world
May 26, 2011
Roomset photography has a number of uses in today’s property world. Most commonly you would associate roomset photography with furniture catalogues. They generally feature photos of rooms around the home such as the bedroom or dining room for the purposes of promoting (more…)
Food photography from around the world
May 24, 2011
Food porn, food photography – however you refer to it, it’s certainly become a popular style of photography around the world.
For instance in Australia, Nestle has launched (more…)
Commercial photographer’s showcase of early British rock
May 22, 2011
As the British rock movement burst onto the scene in the middle of the 20th century, one man was there to capture it all. Harry Hammond, one of music’s earliest photographers, captured just about every iconic British music stars including the Beatles, The Rolling Stones and (more…)
Flickr in the commercial photography world
May 20, 2011
There’s no denying the ubiquity of social networking sites and the photography world is certainly no exception. Flickr has grown to become the world’s leading online photo sharing site as it lets users easily upload and create their own virtual image galleries – which can be shared with others in an instant. Yet how has the success of Flickr impacted on commercial photographers?
You only have to look at the recent spate of natural disasters which have wreaked havoc across the world throughout 2011 to see the power of Flickr. Photographs of the devastating floods in Australia earlier this year were actually initially shot by amateur photographers and uploaded to Flickr, meaning newspaper editors could quickly (and cheaply) get their (more…)
Food photography blogs – too big a trend to ignore?
May 18, 2011
One of the biggest trends to hit the blogging world of late is food photography. Foodies across the world have been shooting their dishes and then uploading them online to share with other like-minded foodies – before they’ve even tucked in! You only have to do a search on Google to see the countless food blogs pop up in the UK alone – the majority of them featuring food photography. From Yorkshire’s own Yorkshire Food, to London’s Lizzie Eats London, these blogs have all firmly embraced the food photography trend.
In fact the act of online food photography is such a massive trend that marketing agency 360i recently analysed this phenomena and uncovered some rather interesting facts. For instance, the biggest reason people share food photos online (more…)
Do your food photography homework before hiring a photographer
May 16, 2011
If you work in the food industry, and want to hire a food photographer to shoot your products, then it’s worth doing some homework beforehand.
While the photographer can offer guidance and recommendations for how to best capture your delicious products, as with any marketing campaign, it’s best to (more…)
Cake food photography for the blogging world
May 14, 2011
One of the most enjoyable things to bake is the cake. Not only do you get to lick the bowl while it’s baking away, you can also get creative by adding all sorts of wonderful decorations to it. If you want to show off your efforts to more than just hungry friends and family, you can even display (more…)
Amateur and commercial photographers celebrate Yorkshire woodlands
May 12, 2011
A photography exhibition that celebrates the 2011 International Year of the Forests has been launched by the Yorkshire Agriculture Society. Open to all levels from amateur to commercial photographers, capturing both the Yorkshire and the rest of the country’s vast woodlands is the competition’s main (more…)
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