Chopping up onions and garlic suddenly got exciting as I found myself spending more time figuring out lighting, textures, macro shots, compositions and settings than on the food preparation and cooking itself.
I used artist canvases as the backdrop, luckily I had one that was painted black already, so that worked...for the time being. Then the fight against the dreaded shadows began. All in all, it was fun and the onion didn't make me cry.
Today's lesson:
-Its probably better to take pics of food at any other time except right before it needs to be chopped up. Timing and planning.
-If the entire background is the same colour then somehow the backdrop needs to be lighter or brighter than the foreground...lighting.
-When feeling short of inspiration, raid the kitchen cupboards and the fridge.
Note to self: get smooth long white and black cardboard for future setups.
