a plate of fruit

[Rhoads238]

Hey all,

I'm back again after a short hiatus. I recently got a promotion and have been quite busy with work. Its also been so hot in the northeast that I have had no desire to go out and take photos. Anyway I was speaking to the chef I did some photos for a few months ago and I suggested to him an idea that I had about his fruit plate. He liked it enough to invite me back again. I ended up shooting all their new dessert items. So everything worked out.


_DSC3716 as Smart Object-1small by rhoads238, on Flickr

CC always welcome,

Jason

[Mike Buckley]

This works really well for me, Jason. Very modern and innovative!

[Digital]

You make food photography look easy to do, which it is not.
Really nice capture.


Bruce

[JPS]

Hi Jason,
Congratulations on the promotion.
I agree with the others this picture works well. Well done.
John

[travis4567]

Great shot Jason, especially like how the image is reflected. As a chef & photographer, I know how difficult this kind of shot is.

[jamn4ex]

That looks delicious!

[Loose Canon]

Hi Jason!

The shot looks good.

Any particular reason for that particular crop?

[FootLoose]

That looks good enough to eat! (Well, someone had to say it ) Nice work on the reflection, Jason.

[ShaneS]

Very beautiful and tasty looking too!

[John 2]

Jason, that's a really novel approach. Like that a lot.

[Rhoads238]

Wow thanks everyone! I have to say its really a privilege to work with someone so talented. I have also had a lot of tips and advice from people here on cic. When I first started out on here I was a noob to digital photography and only had dabbled in film.

John, Thanks for the congratulations!

Travis, I worked for years in kitchens and studied culinary arts and restaurant management in college. I think it helps to know about food when doing food photography.

Terry, The chef I did the work for has a very unique style. One of his plates I shot for him a while back everything was butted up right to the edge of the plate. A few of his plates have this shifted to one side compositions. I decided to do that with this photo which is actually as it was taken.

Heres the plate I was talking about. I posted it here on cic awhile back.


_DSC0778 as Smart Object-1 by rhoads238, on Flickr

Thanks again everyone,

Jason

[Loose Canon]

Well I was just curious Jason!

But since you explained it makes sense and is a good call on the crop I'd say.

I must have missed the second photo you posted (I miss a lot and can't ever get caught up!). But I like them both.

Nice work!

[Rhoads238]

Well I was just curious Jason!

But since you explained it makes sense and is a good call on the crop I'd say.

I must have missed the second photo you posted (I miss a lot and can't ever get caught up!). But I like them both.

Nice work!

Thank you. Its hard to keep up with all of the photos here on cic. I don't think even Dave sees them all!

[Ken Curtis]

Amazing image, Jason. Looks like it would work well for an advertisement with plenty of negative space to add text.

[Rhoads238]

Amazing image, Jason. Looks like it would work well for an advertisement with plenty of negative space to add text.

Thanks. I actually added text in light gray for my photography page on Facebook.