Food Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots

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Canon 5D Mark II

ISO 100

1/30 sec.

f/8

50mm lens

FIgure 4.29
I like to use boards and two-by-fours to paint my own unique tabletops for my food photographs.

If you want to use a textured tabletop, they are pretty easy to make on your own

(Figure 4.29). You just need a thin piece of wood big enough to cover the table, a

few different colors of paint, and some “crackle” paint (you can usually find all of

this at hardware or craft stores). Then just follow the instructions on the crackle paint

container to get a nice aged/distressed paint finish. You can also scour yard sales and

antique stores for old wooden doors, or just use any other type of old wood that you

can find lying around the house (Figure 4.30).