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By: Sumaiyyah

Sumaiyyah — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:33:04 +0000

Thank you so much, Michelle for this very useful tutorial. I use a cheap, Olympus digital camera and have been struggling with taking acceptable, if not good photos. I don’t think I could ever afford an SLR, or at least not in the near future, so I love this tutorial. I’ve still a lot to learn, but I love your tips especially on using the macro setting and turning off the flash. So thank you! Do make more tutorials, you have a good way of explaining things which I find easy to understand

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:49:12 +0000

Extremely helpful! Thank you! We just created our blog in September and I am currently using a point and shoot camera. It takes fairly good pictures, but I have been hinting at my “Star” for the Canon Rebel T3i for Christmas. Love your suggestion about shooting at night, as now that it is dark by 5pm, and saving a plate for the morning. If Santa is good to me and I get this camera, I will be back on your blog to refresh my memory about exposure, white balance, etc. as I know nothing of this language! Thanks again!

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:48:42 +0000

Soooo helpful! Thank you!!

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By: Elizabeth @ A Dancer In The Kitchen

Elizabeth @ A Dancer In The Kitchen — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:10:18 +0000

I loved this post! I bookmarked it and plan to try some the tips you mentioned. I just started blogging and I think alot of your tips will help me! I love you blog!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:42:18 +0000

Very helpful! Thank you!

By: Abby

Abby — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:07:57 +0000

I have been reading about food photography on various blogs, in hopes of helping out my own pictures. This is really one of the better articles I’ve read. Thank you for the advice and for not acting as if food can’t be photographed without a grand worth of camera equipment.

By: Michelle Felt

Michelle Felt — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:24:29 +0000

Thank you for this post! I will be referencing this… a lot. For inspiration on props and food styling go to http://g0lubka.blogspot.com/. She is amazing! Cheers!

By: Marelize

Marelize — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:32:00 +0000

Great post! As a newer blogger, I must admit that this is the part that I hate/dread/ dislike/feel overwhelmbed by the most since I know sooo little. I’ll bookmark this post for sure.

By: Addicted Baker

Addicted Baker — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:10:40 +0000

Thanks for the help! Will definitely implemete these into my blog

By: Amy White

Amy White — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:50:51 +0000

Love this! GREAT advice on getting the most from your point-and-shoot. I started a year ago knowing absolutely nothing about photography, and I think I’m improving. One other great thing that my little Canon PowerShot A590 does that has made a big difference for me – it has an aperture-priority setting. Low aperture (aka f-stop) settings give you that cool effect where one part of the photo is in focus, and the background is out of focus. The camera will then adjust the shutter speed automatically, which can cause you a little trouble because if it’s too slow the shake from your hands will ruin the photo. I just use a small tripod, and then any shutter speed is fine.

By: Jello Diva

Jello Diva — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:31:28 +0000

This tutorial is so helpful, especially the before and after pictures – everyone’s got to start somewhere! I attended a seminar on this topic and something the speaker mentioned was using cloth napkins as an inexpensive and easily changeable background to place underneath plates and dishes. Thanks for all of your tips!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:26:23 +0000

This was so helpful and what I’ve been looking for. I will use your tips to improve my pics. The washed out yellow tones are driving me up the wall!!!!!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:58:07 +0000

You are welcome!

By: Mija

Mija — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:14:17 +0000

Thank You Ma’am for sharing these tips. I took notes. One of my goals for 2011 is to learn to take better food photos. Right now I’m using busy plates and everything’s yellow because of my fluorescent lights. Again Thank You for this tutorial.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:16:11 +0000

Thanks for sharing, I really appreciate the tips.

By: Sarah Commerford

Sarah Commerford — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:58:59 +0000

Thank you for all this information! I love your blog and was admiring your pictures while drooling over the pumpkin scone recipe. I followed the link to this page and presto! I have a Canon Powershot X10 which has been great, but I really want to up-grade to something with more close up possibilities – until I can afford that, I’ll use all the great ideas you listed. Beautiful site!

By: foodlvr

foodlvr — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:19:03 +0000

Some great tips. Thanks. I will play more with my manual setting. I have already started to do that. I also turn off the flash when completely necessary. Most shots came out terrible with it on.

By: Magic of Spice

Magic of Spice — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:28:50 +0000

Great post…I need this:)

By: Terri T

Terri T — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:55:09 +0000

Great tips! I have Microsoft’s PictureIt! Platinum (2001), and it is just outstanding as photo editing goes. I had purchased Adobe Photoshop Limited Edition some years back, and discovered that PictureIt! would do all I wanted & needed, and is so much easier to use! Anyone who may have PictureIt! installed, that has never tried to work with it, may find themselves surprised at the capabilities. Mind you, I bought my software – it did NOT come pre-installed on the computer.

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By: Julie @SavvyEats

Julie @SavvyEats — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:30:18 +0000

Thank you for the advice on cheaper photo editing programs. I would LOVE to get Photoshop, but that is not in my budget right now.

Also, my husband (that still feels weird to say!) teases me because we chose the dishes on our registry based on what would photograph best.

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berkshire wedding photographer — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:40:47 +0000

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