Deep Thoughts: Photo a day

Friday, September 10, 2010

Photo a day – street food

Since my dad died, my wife and I started taking my mom out for dinner once a week. It is interesting to see her try new things and experience some of the pleasure of life from my perspective. We took her out to K’ya for a run at their street food menu. The restaurant is located in the lobby area of the Hotel Ménage. It’s worth a visit. The food is tasty.

I shot with a 50mm with a shallow depth of field. I was trying to control my focal point and produce something in focus near the middle of the shot. I did not quite pull it off. I’ll do better next time.

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helensotiriadis 29p · 763 weeks ago

my trick with shallow depth of field is to use the rule of thirds to make sure that the spot that's in focus is in the 1/3 position, both horizontally and vertically. when i do food, it's mostly on the bottom third, right or left. that helps you get a really good, sharp look at the food itself, and then blur off to show that there's much more where that came from!

of course, sometimes i love breaking those composition rules too!

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