Many of you have been wondering what have I been doing lately? My recent assignment was to shoot food for Bangi Chicken House in Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor. We shot all the food on the menu in two 5-hour sessions. Photographing food does not look as easy as it seems. It takes a lot more preparation prior to the actual shoot than when the camera starts clicking. For your information, a main dish takes an average of 1hour to photograph. This includes setup and the actual photographing act.
During the second session, I had two assistants to help me out, Hatizal & Nassir. I thank them very much for lending me a hand in this project, with most credit goes to Hatizal for giving me a ride to the location.
The sessions were exciting, and very rewarding. For this, I would like to thank Rostam & Wani (the owners of Bangi Chicken House) for trusting us to photograph their food. A warm thank you goes to Wani for assisting us in the food styling (you know your food better than us ). And not to forget, their warmest hospitality during our sessions. Guess what happens to all the food that was shot? It goes into our three stuffed bellies! Heh heh! Thanks for the food Rostam & Wani!
Below is a sample artwork of how one of the final images works with the advertising bit. Enjoy!:
Husaini & Firdaus, here's how I did it. I made a DIY light tent (imagine building a minature white room with 3 white walls and a ceiling) by using 4-panels of white translucent polycarbonate box. For the white background, I used a white plastic table cloth/cover(since it's plastic, it's not reall y a cloth is it?) sheet. It's the same material you see in warung-warung, "mapley" or restaurants, where they normally cover their tables with red or yellow plastic material. The difference is, I used the white material. Then, I placed two Canon 550EX speedlights, connected to two wireless radio receivers mounted on light stands on the right and left of the light tent. Took an exposure reading with my Polaris light/flash metre and couple of test shots with my 50mm lens, I was ready to go. My readings were, ISO100, f11 80s with manual flash setting at 35mm, 1/16th power and f2.8 125s and manual flash setting at 35mm, 1/128th power (if I can remember). I hope these information helps.
abg azhar.... dah bagi tya, ni yg nak tya mcm-mcm nii... camana nak buat mini studio tuu?... tak berapa pandai baca dalam B.Inggeris!! nnt saya email...
Cantiknyer... ada masa leh la berguru ngan azhar... tapi sayang duduk jauh sangat... kalau ada job sebelah utara, bagitau... pm saya kat FMDC.. nick: eddymohd
Cantiknyer... ada masa leh la berguru ngan azhar... tapi sayang duduk jauh sangat... kalau ada job sebelah utara, bagitau... pm saya kat FMDC.. nick: eddymohd
Hu mak aih.. Lawanyer.. nie yang malu daftar fotopages nie..
mintak tolong la ajarkan saya nie.. baru menceburkan diri dalam dunia kamera..
phothoshop pun baru sebulan reti guna... tak dapat ajar, dapat bg komen pun cukup dah..
InsyaAllah.. dapat gak saya pandai mcm bro. satu arie nanti..
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). And not to forget, their warmest hospitality during our sessions. Guess what happens to all the food that was shot? 
It goes into our three stuffed bellies! Heh heh! Thanks for the food Rostam & Wani!
