Major website update : www.frankthephotographer.com

I have been relatively busy and finally managed to update my food photography website www.frankthephotographer.com .
It has undergone a major graphical update with an improved, faster navigation. Since the internet has become so much faster, I am now able to combine more information into one page, making it easier for my visitors to understand what I can deliver.
I also kept most of the old features, since I believe that the amount of information presented on my website shows a lot of experience (much more than just having a slideshow of 20 images on the index page).
Almost every page has also been updated with more written information, and I also share more food and general photography tips, since I am getting a lot of inquiries from companies, who do not understand the procedures and pricing of professional photography.
The site also has some new content pages, e.g. the Touch eMenu and also new restaurant images, supermarket food features, panoramic images, advertising images and virtual tours.
Lots more updates will be coming soon.
I am also starting using google+, its on the first page on my website, you are all invited!
Please let me know of what you think about my new design :-)

Morrisons Meal Deals

I have now published some samples of the work i have recently produced for Morrisons.
These samples are scans from daily news papers like the Daily Mirror, Daily Express etc.The images are also used as huge banners in carparks and also on their website. The print quality is never the best in daily news papers, but it still gives you an idea about the setup,lighting and composition.
These are complicated composites: Indian Meal Deal, BBQ Meal Deal and Back to School Meal Deal.

www.frankthephotographer.com/food photography/morrisons supermarket UK

New client - Morrisons

I have now been working for several month for the supermarket chain MORRISONS.
It has been a great challenge, creating complicated composites for various meal deals, either with lifestyle daylight or more enhanced flash lighting. I have also been working on the recipe card section.
They have been great meal deals, and the quality is excellent.
I love MORRISONS family butcher: http://www.morrisons.co.uk/Market-Street/Butcher/
Images will be coming soon on my website under foodphotography / supermarkets.

International Summer Salads - Woman's Weekly UK

These are not just basic salads, made up from mixed leaved and tomatoes, these recipes contain also fruits, meat, prawns, cheese, noodles and more. Each recipe idea is based on
food from various countries around the word: china (chicken,pea and noodle salad),Spain (Chorizo and bean salad),Vietnam (minced pork salad with sweet chilie dressing), Italy(Gorgonzala,bean salad with anchovy tapenade) and more.
Click here to view: http://www.frankthephotographer.com/food%20photography/editorial%20food%20photography/magazines/woman

This feature was written by Kate Moseley.

To see more recipes or videos from Woman's Weekly, please visit:
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/magazines/Woman...s-Weekly

FOOTLOCKER Promotion

Footlocker, one of the worlds largest sports fashion retailors with more than 4000 shops around the globe, recently created a interesting guerilla marketing idea.
It was a 'graffiti' based promotion of their sport shoes with some of the main tourist attractions of London in the background.
It has been an exiting day, photographing with tripod, catching all the right moments within the timescale.
View here: http://www.frankthephotographer.com/advertising%20photography/corporate%20brochure%20photography/footlocker_guerilla_campaign_london.htm
If you would like to see more of their products,campaigns:
http://www.foot-locker.co.uk/

Woman's Weekly, Thinner Dinners, low fat recipes

Since a lot of people in the UK tend to eat food with too much saturated fat (about 20% more than recommended by the Government guidelines), Sue McMahon (Food Editor Woman's Weekly) created 6 amazing recipes, with less than 10g of fat per portion.
click here to view: http://www.frankthephotographer.com/food%20photography/editorial%20food%20photography/magazines/woman's%20weekly/page19.htm

You can see their recipes and also videos about recipes and cooking at:
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/magazines/Woman...s-Weekly

MAN DIESEL & TURBO Colchester Factory Panorama

I am very grateful for this amazing opportunity, working for one of the word leaders in Engine & Marine Systems, Turbomachinery, Power Plants, gensets,two-stroke engines for giant container ships, power units to turnkey diesel power plants, single compressors and turbines.

The main panorama within the Colchester factory was shot from a cherry picker, about 10 meters up in the air. Retouching took many days.
When you view it, its almost like flying in the air.

View here: http://www.frankthephotographer.com/advertising%20photography/panoramaphotogaphy/Panorama%20Photography.htm

I also created a Virtual Tour, but still waiting for it to be published on Man Diesel website.

Cake decoration Tricks

Here now some page from the Cake decoration Book, published by New Holland. Author, Recipies and Food Styling by Sue McMahon http://www.suemcmahon.co.uk/Sue_McMahon/Welcome.html
see the pages/images on my website: http://www.frankthephotographer.com/food%20photography/book%20publishing/cake_decorations_photography.htm

Indian Restaurants - SPICE6 - London

Great new, modern indian restaurant: SPICE6 !
Passion for indian food from the famous regions of Hyderabad, Lahore and Peshawar.
The interior is very modern and beautiful lit, great atmoshere.
You can see all the images i have taken on their great website, including food, interior and drinks photography:
http://www.spice6.co.uk/virtualtour/

Italian Restaurants - BABBO - London

A brand new italian restaurant, just round the corner from the Riz.
This is a very family orientated restarant, Babbo means Daddy!!!!
Their food uses the highest quality organic ingredients, you can also have seabass baked traditionally in saltcrust. And how about a nice bottle of wine, £ 1600?
Its been a great job, since the chef, Douglas Santi, was so amazing. A lot of money has been spend on an amazing traditional interior design.
My work has included the food photography, interior photography, detail shots, exterior and portraits.
Great Restaurant! http://www.babborestaurant.co.uk/

Italian Restaurants - LaCaricatura - London/Mayfair

Here now the finished result for La Caricatura:

I was commissioned to create a Virtual Tour Movie and also an 'Electric Menu'.
The VT was for their websites, containing food photography of their menu, interiors and panoramas.
The 'Electric Menu' is a movie presentation designed for display on large HD TV screens in the restaurant and the street windows, so people in the streets and their guests can watch the images of the food and the great ambience and services.

Click here to watch the Virtual Tour:
http://www.frankthephotographer.com/advertising%20photography/360%20degree%20virtual%20tour%20photography/360%20degree%20virtual%20panorama%20tour%20fullscreen.htm
To find out more about the 'Electric Menu', please click here:
http://www.professionalrestaurantphotography.co.uk/electricmenu/electricmenu.htm

MOTI MAHAL - Covent Garden

NOW finally a very professional Job for on of the most famous indian restaurants in London and around the world:
MOTI MAHAL, Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London:
http://www.motimahal-uk.com/ this is a chain of luxury restaurants around the world!
This restaurant has an unusual concept: The Menu is based on a journey of the chef along the 'The Grand Trunk Road' : http://www.motimahal-uk.com/index.cfm?Content=101. Unusual, amazing tasting indian food and luxury services, great chefs !
The job included a day photography on professional shots of cocktails and drinks, also some creative food images presenteing the authenticity of indian food along the Grank Trunk Road.
The food images required a professional props stylist for 2 days to organize all the props, one assistant and 3 days professional retouching!!!
Please give me another 2 weeks, and some previews will be on my website, currently all images will be retouched professionally: http://www.frankthephotographer.com/ http://www.professionalrestaurantphotography.co.uk/

La Caricatura - Italian Restaurant Virtual Tour Movie, of Oxford Street,London W1

Another fantastic italian london restaurant! Creative home made italian food, great athmospere, hugh woodfired pizza oven, enormous pizza's!
The chefs were amazingly creative!
Again, i have been commissioned to create a creative VIRTUAL TOUR MOVIE, including music, containing moving 360 degree panoramas images, still images of interior photography, beautiful food photographs, and also some unusual creative images to boost the athmospere or the 'La Caricatura'.
Their Link: http://www.lacaricaturapizza.com/index.php The virtual tour is still under approval and will be published within the next 2 weeks.

Panoramas for Conservatives Website

Recent Project for the website of the Hornsey and Wood Green Conservatives:
360 degree Panoramas of Hornsey, Wood Green and Crouch End plus rectilinear panorama from Alexander Palace for website header.
You can view this work on :http://new.richardmerrin.com/about-hornsey-wood-green/
I only had one particular day to do this, and it was a cloudy/sunny day, not perfect for panoramas. But with the help of photoshop we achieved great results. lots of time retouching panoramas.
I have also been aproached by police officers on almost all the shots, since i was using a professional tripod on the highstreets, but after explanation of the job, they let me carry on.

SergiosW1 Italian Restaurant Virtual Tour

SergiosW1 in Great Titchfield street, London, is a great well established Italian restaurant with over 2000 guests per week. Fantastic, high quality food, contemporary and classic Italian, served in large portions. I was full up everytime i have worked there. Nice and quite area to sit outside the restaurant on the weekend.
I have been commissioned to produce food images of their menu, interior photography, 360 degree panoramas and also a full screen virtual tour movie.
A great job !!!
View here : http://www.frankthephotographer.com/advertising%20photography/360%20degree%20virtual%20tour%20photography/360%20degree%20virtual%20panorama%20tour%20fullscreen.htm##

And have a look at the fullscreen webpresentation on their site: http://www.sergiosw1.co.uk/ , have your music switched on!

PLANET HOLLYWOOD - E MENU - Food Photography

I have just finished a 2 day E MENU foodphotography for the new PLANET HOLLYWOOD restaurant in Haymarket, London, to be launched this week.
All images are produced for the E Menu, the table automated ordering service.
I had to be quick and precise, shooting one image almost every 8 minutes. We achieved 92 high quality images for the whole menu. I also spend 2 days retouching, cleaning up the plates and food, adjusting contrast issues, cutouts etc...

Images coming soon on
http://www.frankthephotographer.com/advertising%20photography/restaurant%20and%20gastropub%20photography/restaurants/restaurant_photographer.htm
and
http://www.professionalrestaurantphotography.co.uk/interior_food/restaurantspubs.htm
( I have been too busy recently to update my websites)

Cake Decoration Tricks

This book has been published recently by New Holland Publications, and it was one of the most difficult projects i had to photograph in my life.
Sue McMahon, the author and Food Stylist, has developed stunning ideas for cake decorating.
I spend twice the amount of time doing the retouching in comparision to photographing. The fact was, that many step by step images contained hands and fingers, which turned red due to pressure. Also many cakes or decoration were white with white details or shiny black chocolate with white contrast, some of the most difficult objects in photography.
It was a challenging job, but i always enjoy a challenge !!