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Chapter 5:Equipment: Using What Ya Got!

In a perfect world we’d be able to head to that camera shop, hop on a website, and fill our basket with the latest and greatest camera gear. Then six months later, we could do it again when the next big piece of impressive camera gear came to market. I don’t know about you, but unfortunately I can’t do that. Besides, I like to get to know my equipment, for better or worse.

I’m not always in my studio creating food images. Sometimes I’m snapping shots for my blog while traveling with a point-and-shoot; other times I’m at a restaurant using my iPhone. No matter what gear I have in my hand, the principles ...

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