all-important if i took the most beautiful dish of food and put it in direct sunlight it would look

awful

now why why does it look awful? the highlights are so bright the shadows are so dark

every single glisten of food picks up a high light of light so what we do

is create a sort of quiet lighting environment possible for that food

say here we are in the mews my sort of ideal

space to

shoot i have a

big south facing window

which during the summer can actually be a bit much

and we will put a little sheet over the window to stop the big sunlight

coming through what we have is the north facing light that never gets direct

sunlight

it's just a very soft light

if the sun is shining strongly it'll reflect off the buildings in but its never

too harsh and that's the most important thing

and what we do is

regulate the light with

diffusion or reflexion

either diffuse strong light or

reflect light back in to the picture

we can create shadows we can but all done with daylight

and all done with either a silver surface a white surface or a

black surface

black creating shadow

white creating reflection

simple as that

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