Inspiration…
One of the most pleasurable projects for me has been to work with a local Restaurant. It has been creative learning curve that has produced some interesting images inspired by the flavour for the unique and different! From HDR pictures to 360 degree panoramas, as well as showing off delicious food, a full gambit of skills and techniques were drawn upon to produce the images required.
The project goal…
The overall brief was to show the restaurant in a unique and captivating way for publishing on a web site and other media including menus and advertising. Conventional images just didn’t seem quite right for the job, so HDR images were created for the room pictures. The rich colours and depth of detail was perfect to illustrate the extensive renovation the business had undergone over the last two years.
Food photography is challenging for most photographers and can take time to master. This I have found this to be the most technically difficult part of the project but the most satisfying. This was a chance to use different techniques without the luxury of a studio.
Lovely rich and warm colours from the HDR images:
Each of the HDR pictures are created from 7 individual images combined together to produce a true High Dynamic Range image. The result is a picture with immense detail and rich saturation of colours.
Immersive Panoramas
A series of 360 degree panoramas were created so immersive images of each room could be published on the web site.
All the panoramas were assembled from 72 individual images using a 14mm lens on the Nikon D3 mounted on a purpose built nodal tripod head giving a full 360 degree spherical image.
Some interesting and unusual images came out of the 360 panoramas
Just a bit of fun seeing a corridor and staircase twisted and convoluted!
Martyn Payne Photography 