When I’m cooking, it’s especially easy to grab my iPhone for a quick snapshot, but the results are really terrible. So, instead, I’ve been keeping my better camera, a Nikon D70, handy. These were done with a Nikon 50mm 1.8. Relatively inexpensive lens, but super clear, and great depth of field.
I took plenty of shots, and I like these four the best.
First, borscht! I never thought I’d say this, but borscht is really, really good. The beets (we used red and golden beets) give such a great color to the dish, and the sour cream and dill really make it rich and bright. Here are two of my favorite shots:
These next two are grilled cheese we made for lunch today, with both the cheese and the bread from the farmers market at Union Square, here in NYC. The depth of field is very narrow on both of these, with one primarily focusing on the bread in the front, and the other focused on the cheese.
Pictures of food are really difficult! Some food blogs have pretty amazing photography, and it takes some work (at least for me) to get there. Most important step, though, is probably to stop using the iPhone for photos (which is easy, but the quality is terrible), and to break out the good camera and click away.
- Carlo
