Newbie learning to take food photos


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Chai Tao Kway (Fried Carrot Cake)
Serangoon Garden Hawker Centre


2 Stars Out of 5
**
 

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Char Kway Teow
Serangoon Garden Hawker Centre

2 Stars Out of 5
**


Quality really drops big time, from bad to worst :confused: The last time I had it was like a year ago and I didn't even finish half.
My boy however, love the soggy-super salty carrot cake :dunno:
 

Quality really drops big time, from bad to worst :confused: The last time I had it was like a year ago and I didn't even finish half.
My boy however, love the soggy-super salty carrot cake :dunno:

Ya!!! Disappointing...Haiz.. long to have a quality Char Kway Teow & Carrot Cake~ :cry:
 

Finally found some time to drop by RWS Malaysia Food Steet to try it out :bsmilie:

Food was good but most of the stall have long queue :sweat:

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Penang Ah Long Lor Bak
RWS Malaysia Food Street

Taste was quite normal but I like the dipping sause that taste like Lou Mee Sauce

3 Stars Out of 5
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Penang Cuttlefish Kang Kong
RWS Malaysia Food Street

Find the sauce too sweet...not to my liking

2 Stars Out of 5
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KL Wontan Mee
RWS Malaysia Food Street

Sweet Char Swee and QQ noodle :bsmilie:

3 1/2 Stars Out of 5
***1/2
 

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KL Jalan Alor Hokkien Mee
RWS Malaysia Food Street

My photo don't do this dish justice. Nice tasting favour of soya sauce

4 Stars Out of 5
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The prawn noodle there also power. Give it 4 stars but no photo to show haha Prawn noodle "Got Attack" before I can shoot :sweat:
 

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I really enjoyed your food photos and was wondering which camera was used to take these wonderful photos. Also generally what focal length do you commonly photograph food at? (ie. 50 mm on your zoom lens or variable) table-top tripod or hand held? Other seniors can comment what's a good lens for this kind of food photography(I wanna do my own food blog after being inpired here) FX vs DX format? Many Thanks in advance. One problem I personally face is that how much of the dish should be in focus and how much sould be blurred. Any tips?
 

calvinchan said:
I really enjoyed your food photos and was wondering which camera was used to take these wonderful photos. Also generally what focal length do you commonly photograph food at? (ie. 50 mm on your zoom lens or variable) table-top tripod or hand held? Other seniors can comment what's a good lens for this kind of food photography(I wanna do my own food blog after being inpired here) FX vs DX format? Many Thanks in advance. One problem I personally face is that how much of the dish should be in focus and how much sould be blurred. Any tips?

Thank you Calvin. I using 60D. As for my focal length, I don't usually take note of that. I just zoom and frame it to what I want to compose with my photo. I used to take my photos with 50mm f1.8 when i'm at home. That was when i still have my 50mm. For me its difficult to use 50mm as I find it too tight to be use in restaurant.... Unless you don't mind stand up and move around the table for your food shot :)

All my food photos were hand held. I don't use my table top tripod because i'm lazy and it will restrict my composition :bsmilie:

A prime lens will be good for food photography, a lot of food photographer use Marco lens for their photo shoot.

How much food to be in focus really depend on how you want to compose your photo. As long as the viewer can still see what dishes you are trying to show and not been blurred out by the thin DOF will be fine.

Hope to see your thread soon :)
 

Ya!!! Disappointing...Haiz.. long to have a quality Char Kway Teow & Carrot Cake~ :cry:

awww... go serangoon garden FC... never eat the pig's organ soup or duck rice...?? and the beancurd or grass jelly there...?? those are some of my fav stalls there...!!

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KL Jalan Alor Hokkien Mee
RWS Malaysia Food Street

My photo don't do this dish justice. Nice tasting favour of soya sauce

4 Stars Out of 5
****

i love that HK hokkien mee too...!! but i dunno got some ppl i know didn't quite liked it... maybe their quality is not consistent....

didn't try the penang chendol...?? i love the chendol too...

i'd surely go back there one day again... cos i've yet eaten anything else besides the chendol and KL HKM... :)


regards,
wacky
 

Serangoon Garden FC used to have the Newton CKT a few years back, but the old man retired liao, so there's no more good CKT stall there...

My fav stall there is now the Kway Chap.. used to be a Makansutra Singapore Food Legend...

Think Kovan market nearby has better food..
 

wackykid said:
awww... go serangoon garden FC... never eat the pig's organ soup or duck rice...?? and the beancurd or grass jelly there...?? those are some of my fav stalls there...!!

i love that HK hokkien mee too...!! but i dunno got some ppl i know didn't quite liked it... maybe their quality is not consistent....

didn't try the penang chendol...?? i love the chendol too...

i'd surely go back there one day again... cos i've yet eaten anything else besides the chendol and KL HKM... :)

regards,
wacky

Not really a fan for dessert lol that why didn't eat the chendol

I will also go back there again hahaha will want to try the claypot rice
 

metranquility said:
Serangoon Garden FC used to have the Newton CKT a few years back, but the old man retired liao, so there's no more good CKT stall there...

My fav stall there is now the Kway Chap.. used to be a Makansutra Singapore Food Legend...

Think Kovan market nearby has better food..

Haiz... Kway Chap closed down le .... :(
 

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Wanton Mee
Kok Kee Wanton Mee (Lavender Food Square)

Most expensive yet not filling wanton mee... but I like the sauces... Taste kind of special compare to others.
Once again another standard drop... Not as nice as last time...

3 1/2 Stars Out of 5
***1/2
 

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Chicken Rice
 

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Wanton Mee
Home Cooked
 

is it me or my monitor... but i feel that home cooked wanton mee photo is kinda over-exposed...? for eg the wantons like almost can't see the detaiils... and for the lavender wanton mee (too $$$ and overhyped stall)... is the photo a not saturated enough or is the color of the charsiew and chilli so light...?


regards,
wacky
 

Haiz... Kway Chap closed down le .... :(

The Garden Kway Chap of ex-Blanco Court? It's still there but operate only till mid day. The son took over and the quality is still there. After this CNY, price adjusted and portion reduced :confused:
 

wackykid said:
is it me or my monitor... but i feel that home cooked wanton mee photo is kinda over-exposed...? for eg the wantons like almost can't see the detaiils... and for the lavender wanton mee (too $$$ and overhyped stall)... is the photo a not saturated enough or is the color of the charsiew and chilli so light...?

regards,
wacky

Yeah kind of over exposed haha that was my supper so taken night time. Don't have a enough lamp for the light. I guess my laptop played a part too. Dying laptop brightness a bit out :p

Yup the char siew color is light. Char siew and wanton really nothing special.
I ordered a plate of deep fried wanton too... Cost me $5.50!!! Selling more n more ex.... Going to boycott them
 

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