Samples of food photography magazines from Waitrose & Partners

A Digi-op what is it?

A Digi-op short for ''digital operator'' is usually a camera man's support during a shoot. A digital operator's role in a production is to ensure the exposure is correct, all files are named correctly and exported suitably on to the photographers hard drive, it is furthermore important for a Digi-op to check the focus of the subject as the photographer may be busy.

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Sid Ali is a top London Food Photographer who shoots stunning food photography for advertising, editorial, brands, books and PR clients. He was born in south east london and a graduate of the prestigious Arts University Bournemouth Sid Ali is one of London's leading food photographers. Sid's food photography encapsulates his passion for food with his drive to create mouth-watering images. Sid's Beautiful soft lighting, combined with his extensive technical expertise and attention to detail allow his food photography to not only stand out from a plenthora of London food photographers but also seamlessly results in stunning, breath-taking images time and time again. Sid and his brilliant creative team made up of experienced food stylists prop stylist and photography assistant pride themselves on working closely with each client to ensure their unique creative vision is understood and brought to life

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Planning

Test Shoot One

The first test shoot I did was to give me an understanding of how food photography works, what is involved in shooting a successful image. I now know that styling food is important when it comes to food photography, presentation is key and you must use a variety of fresh ingredients to choose from therefore I can hopefully end up with an image with lots of colour.

Stages 

each photo image took some planning. i had to make sure each image was eye pleasing and suitable for each page. 

Front Cover

I was aiming to make a statement for my front cover. I want simplicity and colour. I wanted to make the yellow pop out so it contrasts the green from the avocado.

Hand shot

My aim was to capture the hand movements of the person cooking because it brings out the action in an image and it exposes the stress the of the muscles. 

Macro 

Shooting these macro images weren't too difficult as all I had to do was grab 3 fresh ingredients and shoot on a macro lens (preferably 30-55 mm) I just needed to make sue I had a fairly decent lighting.

Spread

before shooting this image I was going mainly for colours by combining it with multiple ingredients which created a contrast between each other and I had fun colour editing this image as-well.

shooting my final image was another macro shot of a vegetable and I chose 3 different ones like a green chilli, baby onions and garlic so that I can imitate a colour palette style image.