The Air Up Here: Food-tography

I have wanted a DSLR camera for many years, but I could not bring myself to spend a lot of money on a camera. I have always loved photography and have become more and more interested recently. With Lauren getting interested in photography and the editing process I have become more interested myself. She asked for a camera for Christmas. I really wanted one too, so originally we planned to share one. Then I was like I do not want to share, I want my own camera. Therefore, Lauren and I both got a DSLR camera for Christmas.

Since I knew that I was getting a camera for Christmas I have been collecting techniques and tips on Pinterest and in a binder where I have printed tips, techniques and lesson to have close at hand. I took an online photography class even before I got my camera. For the month of January the photography technique that I want to learn/develop is to photograph food.

One of the blogs that I found was Capture Your 365 by Katrina Kennedy. I had been debating about whether or not I was going to continue to scrapbook or take a different approach. I thought about doing my own Project 365. What is Project 365 you ask? Well, it is committing to take picture every day for a whole year. Essentially you are making a photo diary.

During the month of December Katrina was offering a seven lesson photography class called “Capture Your Holidays”. I decided to take the class. Lesson 5 was “Capture Food & Drink”. There were five specific things for us to think about when shooting food and drink; find the light; shoot at eye level, just above, or straight down; give your photos context; adjust your white balance and focus on the front of the plate or one-third in.

Here are some of the picture I have taken of food this month.