Last month I mentioned to post more of Diane Smith's Kitchen Art. Well, this week I had the opportunity to do another assignment for Diane at Jef and Barry's home this week. A true work of "Kitchen Art"! A professionally designed kitchen requires an image to portray exactly that! By highlighting all the elements involved. From the designer, the service, the product and of course the installers' craftmanship.Good kitchen art is like baking a cake.
The right ingredients of shutter speed, aperture, daylight from the windows, strobe lights and existing incandescents; to give the kitchen some warm, golden light (a kitchen should always look warm and inviting). Lots of test shots and realigning the viewpoint and light sources while trying to balancing and juggle a perfect blend of the ingredients during tests. This is where patience is required and the heat is cranked up ...the creative process or the alchemy of professional photography. So if you can't stand the heat , get out of the kitchen!The toughest part for this assignment was to create enough of a reflection in the dark wood without washing it out too much while showing off the wood colour and detailing. Hint: The secret ingredient is white sheets of foamcore.
Jef and Diane take a moment for a designer/customer testimonial photo.
No comments:
Post a Comment