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Getting Black and White From Color: How To Use Color Filters To Create Monochrome Images
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 10, 2015

Long, long ago in a land far away, photo hobbyists often used yellow filters on their lenses when shooting black-and-white film. Monochrome film was a bit more sensitive to blue light back in those days, and that caused skies and clouds to blend and become an indistinguishable mess. For reasons we’ll see later, green filters were often used for portraits.

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Hilarious Faux Documentary Explores the Fine Art of Chinese Food Photography
Dan Havlik  |  Jul 14, 2015

Ever wonder who shoots those cheesy photos of Chinese food at take-out restaurants? No, me neither. But if you are curious, you’ll get no serious answers from the hilarious, faux documentary embedded below, which is titled “Above the Counter: The Chinese Food Photography Documentary.”

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7 Helpful Tips on How to Shoot the Best Food Photos
Lou Manna  |  Feb 12, 2015

Editor’s Note: Food photographer Lou Manna has spent over 30 years creating images of all things edible. We recently asked Manna to share some of his wisdom with Shutterbug’s readers he provided us with the following helpful tips for how to shoot the best food photos. You can see more of Manna’s work on his website, or read his thoughts on food photography and see more images at his blog.

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Lou Manna: Photos Good Enough to Eat
Lynne Eodice  |  Feb 01, 2004

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New York-based food photographer Lou Manna discusses shooting trends: "The old style of photographing food involved lots of props, edge-to-edge sharpness, dramatic, shadowy light and was shot from a high angle. On the other hand, today's...

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