Adam Mabrouk

Photographer & Aspiring Filmmaker

Delicious!

 June 2, 2023
Having a single picture left for the project, I wanted to take a picture while I was in a restaurant, so I chose to go to Keyrouz and ordered their foret blanche.
I had honey lying around and I also had this glass potion looking thing. I also had this wheat strand so then I decided to take a picture of this honey. Not having a lot of honey, I wanted to take the perspective of pouring honey. I was alone in this room while having a slow shutter speed, so I was scared that the photo was not going to work. I tried anyway and was shocked at how sharp it came out.
That day I made some pancakes and I was working on this project so then I decided: why not make mini pancakes for the picture while I was at it? So then I brung this wooden board then put some powdered sugar on top of the board. Then added the pancakes alongside adding the bananas as if they're making a very delicious ritual. Added some honey with butter, and pressed the shutter button.
This was my first try at food photography, and to say that it was difficult was an understatement. I had a few sheets of paper set on a table with the coffee and (too many) sugar cubes beside it. It looked super bland so I then added a folded tissue. It still was bland, so then I was thinking "what else do they do when they drink coffee in a coffee shop?". And then thought chess, and so I brung some chess pieces to have some color to the composition.

In this project, I learned the fascinating world of food photography. It threw all my knowledge about photography out the window. The same difficulty as Finding Light, if not, maybe even more difficult.

With that said, it was a very enjoyable discovery from shooting to editing. It was very different from what I normally made with the past projects. I chose these 4 photos as examples of the different types of food photography.

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Adam Mabrouk

Photographer & Aspiring Filmmaker
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Having a single picture left for the project, I wanted to take a picture while I was in a restaurant, so I chose to go to Keyrouz and ordered their foret blanche.
I had honey lying around and I also had this glass potion looking thing. I also had this wheat strand so then I decided to take a picture of this honey. Not having a lot of honey, I wanted to take the perspective of pouring honey. I was alone in this room while having a slow shutter speed, so I was scared that the photo was not going to work. I tried anyway and was shocked at how sharp it came out.
That day I made some pancakes and I was working on this project so then I decided: why not make mini pancakes for the picture while I was at it? So then I brung this wooden board then put some powdered sugar on top of the board. Then added the pancakes alongside adding the bananas as if they're making a very delicious ritual. Added some honey with butter, and pressed the shutter button.
This was my first try at food photography, and to say that it was difficult was an understatement. I had a few sheets of paper set on a table with the coffee and (too many) sugar cubes beside it. It looked super bland so I then added a folded tissue. It still was bland, so then I was thinking "what else do they do when they drink coffee in a coffee shop?". And then thought chess, and so I brung some chess pieces to have some color to the composition.