John Fyn Food Photographer

10/08/2022

Here are five top ideas you need to keep in mind as you start Christmas planning....

If you're a food retailer you'll want to read these five top tips for Christmas Planning. Don't leave it until the last minute. Get them now.

08/08/2022

Who wants fried chicken?

22/06/2022

Thought I'd share my Backup Workflow when dealing with my client work. A must have read for any photographer TBH!

London based Food Photographer describes his photo backup workflow to protect client work with real world examples.

16/03/2022

This week is Salt Awareness Week - Mind them Arteries!

More difficult to shoot this than I first thought.
Firstly to get the spoon front edge and all of the salt into focus and at f/8 I would have needed to focus stack, as the depth of field is only 3mm. I wanted this in one shot if possible. So I needed to stop down to f/16 which makes things really dark.

Secondly was the light. This was shot with a single flash at camera left in a gridded strip softbox. I used a standard studio strobe at first but the flash duration was too long and the falling salt had too much movement and was just a blur.
So I used my high speed studio strobe and I had the same issue. Because I was shooting at f/16 I needed to increase the strobe power, which in turn makes the flash duration quite long.

Following?

OK, so I finally ended up shooting with a Speedlight, also on low power, so I needed to increase my ISO to 500 to compensate.

11/03/2022

Another one for Steak and Kidney Pie all the way from ... Tesco

Shot this one with a video light, which I don't normally do as I prefer strobe. Side lit from the right with a 180cm softbox and a white board on the left for some bounce light.

10/03/2022

I think a fish pie is one of those that divide opinions. Some will hate on it and others will love them.
But its the British Pie Week, so why not!

01/03/2022

A fat stack of pancakes and espresso, what more could you want on

22/02/2022

Sticky Toffee Pudding - one of my favourite desserts. This one from is and goes great with custard (which wasn't vegan, but you get the idea).

14/02/2022

It's Valentine's Day! What more could you want than a heart shaped waffle and strawberries falling into a chocolate filled bath!

This was so fun to shoot, and a bit of a mess. The trick to super sharp splash is a high speed strobe with a very short flash duration.
Studio strobe to camera left set at around 1/3800 sec fired through a 60x90cm softbox.

11/01/2022

Catch up on your Food Industry News - https://mailchi.mp/4cae9d83b990/catch-up-on-your-food-industry-news

CATCH UP ON YOUR NEWS Every Tuesday I publish news and ideas on the food and hospitality industry including business ideas and, of course, food photography.

17/12/2021

Sardines without heads. Sardines without tails. They aren't glamourous but neither would you be stuck in a tin.
But they do taste nice on toast. What's your go to tinned sardine favourite?

14/12/2021

Did you miss out on last month's news? - https://mailchi.mp/b9cf5c45bc2b/did-you-miss-out-on-last-months-news

CATCH UP ON YOUR NEWS Every Tuesday I publish news and ideas on the food and hospitality industry including business ideas and, of course, food photography.