Food Photography

No sorry Tuck, it's an Auckland outfit that hires lenses. They do cameras too. Fairly expensive, but top rank cams.

Good photo people in Hamilton in Victoria Street.

Best of luck & good shooting'.

Nihia

Be prepared to photograph your cookded food quickly, as soon as possible when it comes off the stove or out of the oven. Food often deteriorates in looks as it cools down (Case in point: a steak that looks enticing when right off the grill with the grease bubbling and quite dead after a while as the grease congeals).

Being ready to shoot means preplanning and also means being set up with lights if you are using them.

BTW: An alternative to lighting your set is to shoot near a window and take advantage of natural light (perhaps bouncing some light back ontothe setup with a reflector). However, I don't like to shoot outdoors because the sun is quite hot and does nasty things to food and when shooting in the shade, the light is too diffused to make the food look "lively"...

Update,

Had the shoot, ended up doing a night time shoot and a morning one aswell, set up a little table in the corner with an overhead light and a small moveable light close up, bought a tripod too. morning shoot was outside under an umbrella on a cloudless day. went very well i think and have alot of photos to cut through. the owner is very happy so far.

so overall it went very well and i learnt alot, and it was fun which is great.

Cheers for all the help and advice.