Tomato Salad

I think that food is a wonderful subject to shoot. For one, you can arrange it as you see fit. And secondly, it doesn’t get bored while you rearrange it for 100th time.

One photographer said something like: “shooting is 5% pressing the shutter and 95% rearranging furniture”.

I don’t shoot things that involve furniture that much, but I understand what he means. I also understand why it’s easier to shoot professional models than say, your friends or family. They get paid to do it, so they’d better do it properly. That is, if they want to get paid again.

Light is also very important for food photography, I’m a profound believer that you cannot take a bad picture, if the light is excellent. I remind myself constantly of that, when I’m shooting. I pay more and more attention in order to have the best light possible.

It has happened, on occasion, to take my camera out and just give up after two or three shots due to the light being so bad.

This picture was taken with a digital SLR in a restaurant in Egypt (I think), and it’s a sort of fancy tomato salad.