Critiquing Your Photos ft We Eat Together!

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Photo Credit to:
Amaara White
Ari Laing
Brendan Cox
Enrique Serrano
Guillaume Cottancin
James Joyce
Jason Carncross
Marti Bartolome
Paul Shim
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[@skylerburtphotos]

Wow Awesome 🤘it was so fun to be apart of your videos and thanks to everyone for offering up your stunning images

[@rinaldoarthist]

Big fan of yours. Great Job, great videos.

[@amaarawhite930]

Ahhh thanks for the critique!! We did 3 rounds of lighting sparklers!! Thanks again, so helpful!!

[@harshitapuri167]

love your photo.... what's your ig

[@amaarawhite930]

@@harshitapuri167 thank you!!! we are @limeandspoon on Instagram!!

[@skylerburtphotos]

Yeah those sparkles were perfect 👌

[@TheBiteShot]

YES!!!! 3 rounds. That's impressive!

[@pei3029]

Amaara White hii! Can i know where you got your backdrop? Its such a pretty color!!

[@pshim08]

Thanks for including my image! That image was a composite of 4 different images. You two were totally right, this was shot on my deck outside with no artificial light sources. So fun to have my image critiqued by the pros!

[@TheBiteShot]

I love it, Paul!!! Great job and thanks for sharing it!

[@brendancox9808]

So excited to be included in this critique thank you guys! I shot the girl pouring the cocktail and it was natural light from a window behind her. Working my way to affording some nice artificial lighting. Your work is so inspiring Joanie keep it up!

[@TheBiteShot]

Thank you so much for submitting that lovely photo, Brendan!!!! Glad to have you here.

[@morri1989]

Thanks Skyler and thanks Joanie, you are 2 of the most inspirational teacher on food photography here on youtube! 👍

[@martibartolome9472]

Thank you very much Joanie and Skyler! I shot this photo with a prop stylist friend, those are her hands, the goal initial plan was to not include the hands, but shot it any way, we did I think 5 pulls total, plus a few other layouts with other breads, cheese, and ham. Noted on adding some green peppers for that nice color pop. Thanks again!

[@skylerburtphotos]

Marti Bartolome that cheese pull was great

[@TheBiteShot]

What fun!!! That was a great shot and thanks for sharing it with us all!

[@ZestedFoods]

Your videos are so inspiring and helpful. So much so I have started my own channel! Thank you for all you give the community!

[@TheBiteShot]

That's awesome!!! Happy you-tubing!

[@ahmedtalaat4072]

The best photographers ever, love you guys

[@zdelight]

This is a great idea ! You have both a great personality. Hope to see others video like this 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@rinaldoarthist]

Awesome. Congrats for you two. Nice episode.

[@janagijeeven7657]

Very informative ..both of are awesome ppl guiding many beginners like me

[@mike-js2510]

Joanie, Skyler, I love both your channels and it's great to see you working together on this critique. I also commend the guys who submitted their images - great work all round and congratulations to ALL of you! Regarding the coffee shot, 22.15 It's a fantastic, brilliant concept and full marks to him for coming up with this one. I believe I have spotted how Jason created this and what you guys missed. The clue that started my suspicions was the colour of the liquid coffee and the texture of it around the edge of the cup and way it is splashing. No coffee splashes in quite that way, or sticks to the sides of the cup in big globs like that, plus the colour is too weak, pale and orangey - if my morning cup of black coffee was that colour I would feel very disappointed! I believe that Jason has used some very well formed sugar work to produce the coffee flow and splashes, then has rolled the flow in the ground coffee and beans to get them to stick to the sides. If I am correct, well done again Jason for creating this, I do not wish to decry your work, as it is so nearly totally convincing! But we all recognise that in food photography substitute components have to be used when it is impossible to use the real thing. And this is what you had to do. For future reference, it was the colour of the "coffee" that raised my suspicions - could you have used some colouring to darken it a bit? All the rest of the set is so totally convincing and for that alone, big praise. Final comment - I would love to be proved wrong, that it is a brilliant Photoshop composited image with real coffee!

[@TheBiteShot]

Right?!? Awesome images from everyone!

[@REALTRUESKILLS]

What a coincidence LOL! I've been loving photography for many years, however I always used my mobile phones & admired the work of others. My partner has a DSLR and her interests for photography have been crushed by "harsh" criticisms. For years she has been trying to encourage me to start using her camera so 3 weeks ago I started teaching myself the basics. I mist say, I've searched all over KZbin for videos that make sense to me and you two of you are now the only people/teachers I watch. Thank you so much for your hard work, please keep it up as your work means so much to people like me and god bless you both.👍🏾👍🏾

[@Travelmomentsbydh]

This is simply great to see both of you together on a video ....I'm a great fan of both of you and wishing all the best all the way from Sri Lanka...🙂🙂😍😍

[@KarenHRiceScott]

Great photos. Food photography for me is a way of capturing meals at home and during travel, it's not an area I'm familiar with but these tips are helpful in making my images better.

[@malajim]

A workshop with both of you guys would be amazing!!!

[@emilygrace1960]

That smoking drink is sooooo cool!!

[@noshtastic2728]

loving these photo critiques Joanie, super helpful as always and now following Skyler's channel too :)

[@skylerburtphotos]

Noshtastic thanks 🙏

[@TheBiteShot]

So glad! He's amazing!

[@leandrogdsbh]

The two best food photoghaphy teachers on the internet in the same video :) You guys are awesome!

[@TheBiteShot]

Skyler is amazing!!!

[@leandrogdsbh]

@@TheBiteShot you both!

[@nikiasalexandris7377]

You guys both rock! Thank you for the inspiration!

[@Doofy_Shorts]

Great start to the morning is hearing “what’s shakin bacon”

[@TheBiteShot]

Bring on the bacon!!

[@wellseasonedstudio]

Thank you both so much for critiquing my champagne cocktail (and for the kind words about the lemon garnish lol)! You nailed it -- needed to have that bottle down further. Appreciate the feedback, always. @wellseasonedstudio

[@TheBiteShot]

Love your work, Ari!!! Thanks for putting out there and sharing with all of us

[@coloroffoto-7881]

Nice video thanks for both ..

[@elisabethcuningham3526]

I love the coffee one the way it is, it’s very real, there’s something to be said about it being real, not too styled and faux.

[@gsrox2007]

The coffee image at 22:20 is fantastic but the cup hasn't been masked out properly. You can see a hint of a double-cop on the side of the cup away from the handle. Just some CC from me.

[@danielmarinvlogs7209]

You guys giving some great value. thanks

[@prburley]

I love these critiques!

[@TheBiteShot]

Skyler does them regularly and does a great job!

[@limestarinc]

It looks like every piece in the last shot has been composited. Maybe I’m wrong, but if not great job on masking that splash. A lot of work just for that. Would have added less distracting background and smaller orange, raise shadows and highlight the can. Can to orange size ratio is off a little bit.

[@lucaspellicer]

On the last one, looks like the water on the background it's been photoshoped. Because it has a strange shadow next to the main splash

[@timothylam3314]

Hahaha I can't believe I watched the entire video 😂

[@TheBiteShot]

ha ha!!! it was a long one for sure!!

[@robertspinoso1722]

on your rec., i just subscribed! i know i will not be disappointed.

[@levi6859]

Hey jonie I just took my very first and very humble food photo yesterday

[@TheBiteShot]

Congrats!!!

[@levi6859]

@@TheBiteShot thank you! It's pretty cool for my first shot and Hey I got to use some fill flash 🙃

[@sahelibasak2889]

Is it very important for one to be a very good cook , in order to do food photography? Or shooting restaurant bought food in your own set-up and environment, equally good as cooking the food?

[@a.j.scalzitti1929]

Not really, I have used professionals for cooking and food styling. Sure it's nice for personal projects but in commercial work it's all about the team you build

[@sahelibasak2889]

@@a.j.scalzitti1929 But what if you're just starting out but ain't really skillful at cooking, yet highly interested in food photography?

[@a.j.scalzitti1929]

@@sahelibasak2889 Well that leaves you at least doing the food styling, these videos are great. Also this book is really good www.amazon.com/dp/0470080191/?coliid=I2OE8ZVMJORXVT&colid=3PC3JBK4W1DV4&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

[@skylerburtphotos]

One will influence the other usually but the more you shoot the more you will learn about cooking

[@sahelibasak2889]

@@a.j.scalzitti1929 Thanks for the suggestion!

[@harshitapuri167]

love all of them...cup cake and coffee shot is my favorite … wow...…….I would love to see rest of his photos.... if you are reading this.. please reply with your IG

[@DilipKumar-zi1du]

Please help. I have Canon 90D with 18-135 lens. From the day I brought, I m struggling with one issue. What ever pics I take it doesn't appears FOCUSSED. On display it shows focus point and the point seema Focus, but when looking at the same image in laptop it LOOKS BLUR. I have tried many steps, using tripod, faster shutter, with out touching camera, used timer and connecting to app even watching many videos came through personal calibration and did it. BUT the result is the same. I am not getting a satisfied Focus on the pics. PLEASE HELP, what can I do?

[@a.j.scalzitti1929]

All that work but the wrong orange? But great video you two!

[@aleksandaratan]

do more of these... awesome :D

[@Jigson05]

What lens would you use on the 3rd image? Prime or Variable Aperture Lens?

[@feu1210]

Sorry but i am foreigner. I have watched many videos on your channel. I still can’t understand what “ why shakin bakin “ means. Hopefully you will answer my question. Thanks a lot for all your things ...

[@arelysalgado7951]

Hey, there! As someone who also is not from the U.S. and whose first language is not English, I totally understand you! With all the slang and colloquialisms, it's hard to keep up! "What's shakin' bacon!" is simply a creative way to ask "What's up, guys!"

[@feu1210]

Arely Salgado thanks a lot 🙆🏻‍♂️🙆🏻‍♂️👐🏻👐🏻👐🏻 i’ve just figured it out

[@mridulmunjal2088]

Love your chanel

[@robertad242]

Ari❤️

[@TheBiteShot]

EEEEE!!! Love it

[@AngryBroccoliRecipesVegan]

It was weird seeing Skyler without his usual level of energy. Great video though!

[@mohamedal-abdullah1128]

Muscat, oman 🇴🇲 ❤️

[@natedoeswork]

Can you do a video on smoke on fleek?

[@TheBiteShot]

Ha ha ha!!! YES! I nomiate Skyler!

[@kuschelirmel]

Love the way the two of you do the critiques - very professional and fair and super useful to watch. Thanks! On the topic of conceptual pour shots, I highly reccommend Dina Belenko's work: instagram.com/dinabelenko/ Her work just blows me away on a regular basis

[@TheBiteShot]

oh, thanks for sharing! definitely will follow. Cheers!!!

[@prada4meonly]

When is the next critique?

[@TheBiteShot]

Skyler does them every Sunday on his channel

[@PatManForever]

what happened to Skyler's energy level? he seems a little out of it, usually so energetic in his videos :(

[@skylerburtphotos]

Patrick M haha not enough coffee yet

[@cececola]

It starts at 3:20 Yes, you're welcome. Too much chatter

[@ro3843]

no thanks. find their chatter entertaining.