For my latest lesson I decided to venture into the world of food photography. I scoured the internet until I came up with this amazing photograph:
Is that incredible? I mean, this Turkey Bacon Guacamole sub is absolutely gorgeous. It's plump and fresh and you just want to grab the thing and take a bite out of it. I found the photo on the Quiznos website, so I figured I'd go to Quiznos to get one of those sandwiches and see what I could do.
When I got home, I unwrapped the sandwich and set it on a table, then got out my Canon. Hmm: if there's one commonality to all brilliant photographers, it's that they make their hard work look easy. I spent several hours trying to capture the essence of my sandwich, but this is the best I could do:
I keep examining the two photos and trying to figure out what I did wrong. Is it the black background that makes the sandwich pop? Is it the lighting? Do you think their photographer used a tripod? Flash?
As much as I try to deny it, the truth is clear: there's a pretty stark contrast between the two photos. Quiznos would probably never hire me to take pictures for their website, even on a freelance basis.
Well, I knew it'd be a long road to becoming a great photographer. Ordinarily I wouldn't mind taking that kind of journey, but I ate that sandwich about half an hour ago and now I'm not feeling so well.
1 comment:
I'm sure your sandwich looked just like the one in the picture when they put it together, but then they wrapped it tightly in paper and you took it out in the parking lot and drove over it a couple times and then kept it in the fridge for a month or two before you remembered it was there. I recognize all the signs. If your photo was just a bit higher in resolution I could tell you what kind of car you drive.
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