Food and Drink
Sigita Playdon

Food and Drink

August 2024

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This is a really good photograph, but I'd love to see more focus on the mustard powder itself, rather than just the tin. I feel like being able to see the powder more clearly would bring this up to be a 'wow' image!

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This photograph has the wow factor. The way you have captured the individual textures of each element in the burger so perfectly is impressive. It looks like it's just asking the viewer to reach out and take a bite! Stunning!

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These look absolutely scrumptious. I love how you have scattered ingredients around them to help tell the flavor story of what is inside. Well lit and I love the composition of the scene. I would perhaps like to see a little more of the cannoli shell in focus, just to see some of the texture, but it is gorgeous!

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This is stunning,. Even though there is quite a lot going on in this scene, you have managed to make sure that the eye is immediately drawn to the drink. It looks perfectly sharp and so well-lit with a slight 'glowy' look. Gorgeous shot.

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This is such a beautiful image, I love the colours and the way you have used the light to highlight the textures of the food. Really fantastic composition and I love how sharp it is. Beautiful photograph, really nice work .

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This whole scene captures the mood really well. The depth you have created also really adds to the story, drawing the eye into the brioche while still filling in the story going on around it. I also really love how you lit the subject.

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What I love most about this image is the tiny little specular highlights on the chocolate running along the side of the cake. I also think you have made an excellent choice of focal length to create just a subtle difference in depth so the eye is drawn over to the cake.

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I love the story that this photograph tells. Even though the focus is not solely on the 'food', I feel like I can fill in the sounds, smells and feelings around this scene, based on what you have captured visually.

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Sometimes splash shots can lose a bit of the texture of the drink, or almost distract from the drink itself, but I love how you have managed to maintain the smooth, creamy look of this beverage so it looks appetizing, as well as visually impressive. Nice work!

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This is beautiful, the simple composition really lends itself to showing off the contrasting texture between the bread and the herbs. I love the lighting you have chosen as well, it creates a mood without losing any of the detail of the subject.

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Beautiful scene. I love the composition of this shot. I also love the direction of light you have chosen for the pancakes so you get those lovely specular highlights on the syrup. I would possibly use a bounce board to bounce some of the light back onto the front of them and fill in a few of those shadows, just to brighten up the subject slightly. Gorgeous image.

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This is a beautiful capture of this moment in time. The direction of the light just skimming the surface of the tea is gorgeous and the crop is perfect for bringing the eye into exactly where it needs to be. Nice work.

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Wow, what a shot! Capturing this moment so perfectly is a real triumph! Everything is perfectly in focus and sharp, and I love how the lighting enhances the final look of the shells breaking. Really beautiful work here, nice job!

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This scene is gorgeous, I love the use of color and how you have composed all the elements within the frame. The use of layering also adds a lot of interest and I love how everything is perfectly lit to create a realistic, but highly aesthetic scene in front of our eyes. Nice work.

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If it’s edible or drinkable, let’s see it! Food and drink photographers are often highly skilled still life photographers, with cunning tricks to make the food look absolutely scrumptious. It’s a genre that’s been more than democratised though in recent times, and taking a shot of the great looking food you’ve just been served up is the norm for a lot of folk now.

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