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kkowboy99 · Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 179 Location: Rockledge, FL

Pineapple

tverkhovynets · Joined: 12 Jun 2010 Posts: 749 Location: Kiev, Ukraine

Out of focus, lighting is bad, composition. I wouldn't know what it is, especially on small thumbnail image.

Taras

jeffbanke · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:18 am

ajancso · Joined: 18 May 2009 Posts: 1891 Location: Right Behind You

Agree with above. + it is very underexposed.

wiml · Joined: 10 May 2011 Posts: 896

I would not recommend sending this as your innitial submission.
As a starting point:

hhltdave5 · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:55 am

This type of shot would be much better if you approached it differently. When you make the typical pineapple upside down cake (or variation) the liquids in the fruits tend to give everything a soggy wet look. This is the perfect time to approach the shot differently in how it is prepared.

Now you can take a shot of a regular cake such as this which is what most would do and you would get a picture of some food. If you want to take it to the next level of food photography then you would do the shot in steps.

First prepare just the cake batter itself without the pineapple or cherries (just the plain yellow cake). Then, grill the pineapples to give the nice coloring and markings and place them on the cake (with the residual juices. Then add the cherries.

If you want to go the extra step you can then torch the pineapple and cherries with one of those little blow torches or even a nice industrial one you get at the local hardware store.

It all comes down to how you want to approach food photography. Taking shots of food with the normal preparation of the food is fine for as far as it goes. But, if you are serious about food photography then you can take it to the next level and prepare the shots in a more detailed way.

For the shot you did there are a few things you can do to make it better. First, as mentioned, work on the exposure. Next if you back light it you will more easily capture the spectral highlights that will give the image more pop. But, just getting the exposure right would bring the shot up to a nice level.

jhuls · Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Posts: 1046

Like Dave said you need to prepare this shot better, but before you go to all that work (or a lot of work for any shot) you need to practice on some simple objects. Work on getting both the lighting and the focus down. It wouldn't matter how beautifully you prepared this pineapple if the focus was off and the lighting was bad you would have gone to all that work for nothing.

Here is what I would do, I would get a single pear (I just love photographing pears they are perfect for practicing lighting on.) Work on getting your focus perfect and your lighting perfect. Once you do then it won't be as hard when you try the more complicated set-ups.

kkowboy99 · Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 179 Location: Rockledge, FL

Especially Dave and jhuls