Put away your cameras, and get into the kitchen...

[carregwen]

And when you are there... get your cameras out again, as you are going to need them.

Post shots of anything that you would normally find in the kitchen - utensils, crockery, food items, last-night's curry, etc. The objectives here are to practise your creative skills, utilize whatever lighting you have, hone your composition skills, and generally come up with something interesting. Everyone has a kitchen (except Jimmy Saville) so you can all try this.

One shot per post, but as many as you like. Comment on any other shot.

Here are a couple to get things going...

A cut above the rest


Tea time

[ScoutR]

I like the tones on "A cut above" I can't find anything interesting in my kitchen. Maybe tomorrow, it's supposed to rain again.

[carregwen]

Melon half



The old scales

[Shadowman]

You should send some of your images to Kohler to show them what they are doing wrong.

kohler.com

[Antonio Correia]

Melon half...

Well done Rob
I don't know if the image in landscape mode wouldn't be better than the way it is ...
I have to go to the kitchen and try one of these myself

In fact when I cook vegetables and cut them in half - like a cauliflower or a cabbage for example - I always appreciate the shapes and forms inside.

[carregwen]

I have to go to the kitchen and try one of these myself

In fact when I cook vegetables and cut them in half - like a cauliflower or a cabbage for example - I always appreciate the shapes and forms inside.

Well, let's have the shots then....

[carregwen]

These four were shot this morning. I just used a single studio light behind the subject and shone through a diffuser. I added a little front light with a halogen lamp and a reflector.

Spoon-fed



Menage-a-trois



The fork escape committee caught in the camp headlights



Dinner with Bill Brandt

[Antonio Correia]

All very beautiful.
The worst - if this is the right word for it - is the 1.st one where I can't find a precise point of focus. Or is it just me ?
I like the blurred version a lot.

Did you mean the un-even canvas ?

(Is this way of saying the canvas is not equal around, a correct one ?)

[carregwen]

All very beautiful.
The worst - if this is the right word for it - is the 1.st one where I can't find a precise point of focus. Or is it just me ?
I like the blurred version a lot.

Antonio, the point of focus is supposed to be the front edge of the spoon - but I may have moved as it was hand-held. I don't normally do this sort of extreme OOF so I thought I'd give it a go. Perhaps I should have had a little more of the spoon in focus?

[Antonio Correia]

[carregwen]

You want to try cooking it first, Antonio? Very good - very abstract. Colours are very good. This is the sort of shot I was hoping for.

Is it a fish? It looks very similar to your avatar (I don't mean that you look like a fish, I mean the style and shape etc). I'd better stop there...

[Antonio Correia]

Now that I look at this image on the net, you know what ? I don't like it.
But since it is posted and I had all the time spent on it ... I'll keep it here.

[Antonio Correia]

You want to try cooking it first, Antonio? Very good - very abstract. Colours are very good. This is the sort of shot I was hoping for. Is it a fish? It looks very similar to your avatar (I don't mean that you look like a fish, I mean the style and shape etc). I'd better stop there...

So you are implying I look like a fish Never heard of that one before and I do have heard some...

Yes, it is the dinner but grilled of course.

[carregwen]

So you are implying I look like a fish Never heard of that one before and I do have heard some...

Yes, it is the dinner but grilled of course.

What vegetables?

[arith]

and an old toothbrush used to clean things with.

Definitely harder than my 10D and is going to take some getting used to; my kitchen isn't very clean but then I don't care.

[carregwen]

It's not great, but just what my wife makes me do......

Chris,

For some reason your shot doesn't show, although I can see it if I grab the URL and go to a new window. Anyone else not see it?

Here's the link http://www.photoshop.com/accounts/5d...8ef3a84881e3b7

Good colours and composition. Get a dishwasher?

[carregwen]

and an old toothbrush used to clean things with.

Definitely harder than my 10D and is going to take some getting used to; my kitchen isn't very clean but then I don't care.

How long have you had the 50D? Good choice. Is the wine to celebrate?

[Antonio Correia]

What vegetables?

Later later. I don't have the time now ...

[Antonio Correia]

Chris, For some reason your shot doesn't show, although I can see it if I grab the URL and go to a new window. Anyone else not see it? Here's the link http://www.photoshop.com/accounts/5d...8ef3a84881e3b7 Good colours and composition. Get a dishwasher?

I can't see it either ... but I like the shot !

[carregwen]

Three more from this afternoon. Slide show here of all my kitchen shots (although not all of them are in this thread)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carregw...50048645/show/

Eggsistentialism-1



Eggsistentialism-2



Eggsistentialism-3