Food for Thought - 50 Photo Projects

The next section of the book 50 Photo Projects by Lee Frost that I have tackled is titled "Food for Thought". Here is the leading paragraph to this section:

Is food just fuel to you, or culinary art? I guess I fall somewhere in the middle in that I like a good feast. However, when food is prepared with passion and skill it also deserves to be appreciated for its creative beauty as well as its amazing flavors. And what better way to do that than with a camera?

While he talks about cooking and meals in this chapter, I decided to start off simple with just fruit and vegetables. I HIGHLY enjoyed this project and was very pleased with the results. It is a great project for these days when the weather is less than desirable. Being someone who has been used to outdoor photography, bringing it inside was a part of the challenge.

Luckily, I found a wonderful time of day for these images. Right around high noon is when the light in my apartment was perfect. All of these were taken on my kitchen table, the white background is just a simple posterboard. One of the main "setups" that I wanted to do for each different subject was a slice of the fruit or vegetable backlit in order to highlight the veins and levels inside the food. Here are a few of my favorites, although there are more on the photoblog, and maybe more to come! :)