Andriy Zolotoiy Photography Blog

I love food photography as much as I love shooting people, and while some might consider all still life shooting a simpler form of photography it is not always the case. Dealing with the items that melt or loose their shine puts quite a pressure on photographer as you need to set your exposure and composition, and watch that your main subject isn’t “dead” yet. Still, all of the process brings anticipation and excitement if you get some good shots.

Here are few yummy cakes (which were consumed afterwards ) I shot recently for a small bakery in Toronto. Used 100mm macro lens, 2 speedlights with 15×15 Alzo softbox, and 5×7 LumiQuest Softbox II. I prefer strobist shooting style for food photography as I can really dial down the speedlights and they still produce plenty of light at 1/8 – 1/16 levels. At those levels I can use flashes almost all day long on single battery charge, though I would always have spares in my bag.