Comments on: Basic Photoshop Tips for Food Photography

By: megan

megan — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:50:31 +0000

A new trick I have learned here today, I have to go try it!

By: Tony - White Flood

Tony - White Flood — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:11:39 +0000

Hi – that’s a great tip – thanks! If you check out my site, it’s no surprise that my images could use a lot of work with photoshop. Do you do any consulting? Anyhow, slick blog… I’m subscribed to your feed now so I’ll be checking in regularly!

By: Dennis Vandaele

Dennis Vandaele — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:15:23 +0000

VRy interesting to read it :P

By: Tiffany @ The Gracious Pantry

Tiffany @ The Gracious Pantry — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:58:51 +0000

Holy hairballs! This is EXACTLY the info I’ve been looking for. Thank you thank you! I can’t tell you what your tutorial here has just done for me. Such a simple thing. But if you are all self taught, it’s the little things like this you miss sometimes. So once again, THANK YOU!

By: Candy

Candy — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:15:09 +0000

You’re welcome Heiko :)

By: Heiko

Heiko — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:26:10 +0000

great tutorial, exactly what I’ve been looking for – simple and easy. thx

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:59:41 +0000

Nice tips!

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By: Candy

Candy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:57:46 +0000

I agree. Those blueberries were shot when it was rainy and dreary outside!

By: Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:33:11 +0000

Fantastic tips! Photoshop is great for when you have less than ideal light :)

By: Candy

Candy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:54:27 +0000

Shravan – Thanks. Sometimes, photos just don’t do fresh fruits/veggies justice, and it’s nice to give them the spotlight they deserve…

By: shravan Mishra

shravan Mishra — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:44:16 +0000

That’s a really unique way to make the Fruits & vegetables fresh

By: Candy

Candy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:46:26 +0000

Happy Cook – you can use Corel Paint Shop for photo editing, but of course with different programs there are different ways they are displayed/used.

There are so many different photo editing programs out there, and I’m just showing some basics of what to look for when editing a photograph – contrast, brightness and color.

Good luck! :)

By: Happy Cook

Happy Cook — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:12:55 +0000

I don’t have photo shop, but have corell.
Can i use the same for correl.

By: Candy

Candy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:23:52 +0000

Hummingbird – Variations are good too, for lighter/darker, and for overall color. Though, it’s a little trickier; each time you click a color in Variations, it changes the overall color at a certain percentage that you can’t control (ie- adds 10% of certain color but no percentages in between).
I don’t use variations that much anymore, but it depends on what each of us prefers. But continue to play around in PS and let me know your findings! :)

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By: Hummingbird Appetite

Hummingbird Appetite — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:02:20 +0000

I was aware of some of the tools you mention on Photoshop, but I haven’t fully been taking advantage of them. I did start playing with the “Variations” tool (Image->Adjustments->Variations), which seems to do color balance, level adjustments and brightness/contrast all at once, except Photoshop does it for you.

Thanks for the tips. I looked at some of my photos and started playing around with the levels.

By: Candy

Candy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:45:00 +0000

Steph – they are probably grainy because it has to shoot at a faster speed in a darker environment, right? If you don’t want a flash you might want a tripod to hold the camera steady for longer exposures. Or set it on a steady surface (table, shelf).

By: Steph

Steph — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:34:27 +0000

That was so useful! If only I could learn how to use my dslr properly. All my pictures are turning out grainy when I’m not using flash indoors unless if it’s really sunny.

By: Candy

Candy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:29:43 +0000

Nina – You gotta start somewhere, right? :)

Thuy – Me too! When I first learned photoshop in college years ago, our professor made each of us sit at a computer, use EVERY SINGLE TOOL on a photo to see what it did, and do a screen capture of it. It helped so much later on, because we could visualize what each tool did, rather than read what it did.