Photography That’s All About Timing and Food!
On World Photography Day check out how impeccable timing and food can be the inspiration behind some bizarre imagery
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The date behind the World Photo Day originates from the invention of the Daguerreotype, the first ‘practical’ photographic process, developed by Joseph Nicèphore Nièpce and Louis Daguerre in 1837. On January 9, 1839, The French Academy of Sciences announced the Daguerreotype process. A few months later, on August 19, 1839, the French government purchased the patent and announced the invention as a gift “Free to the World”.
And as photography enthusiasts all over the world celebrate their common passion today, here’s looking at the one other thing, apart from their passion, that is absolutely crucial to good photography. Timing! These stunners will make you say-
Wow! What Timing!
If you’re surprised by the impeccable timing of these pictures, get ready for imagery that’ll make you say-
How Bizarre, I’m Hungry!
British photographer Carl Warner’s work is an interesting mix of Salvador Dali’s eccentric aesthetics and Tim Burton’s fantastic imagination! This guy designs landscapes out of food that’ll leave you puzzled, amused and hungry.
These ‘Foodscapes’ are created in Carl’s London studio where they are built on top of a large triangular table top. The scenes are photographed in layers from foreground to background and sky, as the process is very time consuming and the food quickly wilts under the lights. Each element is then put together in post production to achieve the final image. Pretty tedious huh?!
You might wonder why Carl likes taking pictures of food? The ‘trick’ built into every landscape he creates is what inspires him enough to do another one.
“I tend to draw a very conventional landscape using classic compositional techniques as I need to fool the viewer into thinking it is a real scene at first glance, it is the realisation that the scene is in fact made of food that brings a smile that brings a smile to the viewer, and for me that’s the best part” – Carl Warner, Artist & Photographer
Each ‘Foodscape’ could take up to two or three days to build and photograph. Add to this a couple of days of retouching and fine tuning the images, to blend all the elements together. A LOT of time is spent on planning each image before shooting, in order to choose the best ingredients to replicate forms within nature. So Carl spends a great deal of time simply staring at vegetables in supermarkets, which makes him seem a little odd!
The next logical question- what happens to the food after the shoot? Well, the answer ain’t pretty.
“Although there is a fair amount of waste, there is a lot of food left over which is always shared out with the team, though most of the food used in the sets have either been super glued or pinned and none of this makes for good eating!” – Carl Warner, Artist & Photographer
Curious about how Carl creates these fairytale wonders? Check out this behind-the-scenes video of the artist in action. How’s that for inspiration!