Dan, are you planning to make wide shots of the entire restaurant? Or
focus on a table of guests and particular dishes?
I shot some restaurant pix many years ago (no idea where they are now)
and would suggest the latter.
Since food is usually the most important element of a review, you
might want to shoot some dishes up close using your tripod and
existing light and letting the background drop out of focus and simply
provide 'atmosphere'.
If you're shooting digital, it's always best to WB on-site, in camera.
If film, consider including a MacBeth or Kodak reference strip.
FWIW/ScottGee1
On 9/15/05, Daniel J. Mitchell <danmitchell@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm going to be taking some photos of restaurants to accompany
> reviews -- does anyone have any tips for the best way to go about
> this?
>
> Presumably, I should take a tripod, because it'll be inside and
> restaurants aren't generally brightly lit.
>
> I'm wary of using flash, because a:other people will be eating and
> won't want to be blinded, and b:the light from a flash isn't the same
> light that you'd see if you went there to eat, so I should give a
> more accurate view of things. (at worst, I can fix white balance
> afterwards).
>
> Otherwise, is there anything else I should be thinking about?
>
> thanks,
>
> -- dan
>
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