My wife and I have been collaborating on these photo Essays. I actually shot this one at the same time I was shooting the Banana Muffin Essay. She was cooking while I was shooting and both series were being photographed simultaneously. The challenge was to time it out so I could capture both essays.
Unlike my commercial assignments, these photo sessions are a much less structured. I enjoy the free form The session takes since I don’t know what things are going to look like. I compare it to Jazz since the notes are not predetermined. For lighting I was switching from natural light to strobe depending on the need.
Our farmhouse in upstate New York is the perfect setting for this type of work. I don’t travel with my commercial lighting package so I use either bounce cards and mirrors with natural light or a single Quantium flash. I don’t attach the strobe to the camera I mix the light with a time exposure on a tripod.
It forces me to be both improvisational with the lighting and also to think fast. So many of my commercial assignments require much greater focus to a specific vision. .
Look forward to more of these and if you like post a comment.
Enjoy.
Bill Brady Food Photographer.
Photographer Bill Brady
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Food Stylist Sasha Graham The Tarot Diva
I am excited to see so beautifully done strawberry jam, thanks to your awesome photography
Gorgeous shots Bill! if you ever feel like divulging your secrets on lighting, shutter speeds on your photos etc feel free
) always keen to learn more. Look forward to more posts.
lovely imagery Bill, I agree day light/natural lights give amazing results. And yes, non – commissioned jobs, give you the luxury to experiment.
Cheers!
Saba
Dear Saba,
I actually hit your site a few months back. Beautiful work I get a lot of traffic from India but don’t really know why.
Any thoughts. Bill