Which do you prefer?
3 Zucchini Flowers on white background in the studio
7/31/09, 2:57PM - Zucchini flowers on display at the Union Square market in NYC
As I continue to shoot the Union Square Farmer’s (Green?) Market, I see a pattern. My studio work of Union Square produce over the past three years has clean crisp lines and, with a tip of the hat to Avedon, is shot unadorned with simple lighting.
On the other hand, the “as is, where is,” technique I use for the Shooting from the Hip series has an earthy, gritty look due, in part, to higher contrast curves and vignetting in post production.
One has the elegant, but not quite blemish-free, perfect look of food for advertising; the other is a raw, nearly random capture of food as it appears close up and personal, blemishes and all.
I like them both. Which do you prefer?
