Photo Assignment #3: Food

For this week's assignment, I decided to satisfy my cravings and present my photography skills through the theme of food. Of course, the goal was to make the food look delicious, so I set out to take lots of pictures. This was one of my best ones (mint chocolate chip ice cream, YUM!) :

ISO: 250
Shutter Speed: 1/60 seconds
Aperture: f/3.6




Even though I thought this would be an easy assignment, I was surprised to find that this photo theme was harder than macro! I had difficulty positioning the food item to balance the background, as well as getting enough light on the subject. In addition to that, capturing the food was difficult for me, because I didn't want the food to look colorless, flat, or unappealing in any way. I struggled with camera angles and white balance a lot. I was rather pleased, however, with how I managed to keep the ice cream looking sharp and detailed, while blurring out the background. I'm glad I did this assignment, otherwise I would've never came across these kinds of situations and learned anything out of it.