What is plov
Plov is the main dish of Uzbekistan kitchen. Almost every neighboring country has it's own type of plov and even in Uzbekistan there is as much recipes as ...
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Plov is the main dish of Uzbekistan kitchen. Almost every neighboring country has it's own type of plov and even in Uzbekistan there is as much recipes as families in the country. But generally plov is made of sheep meat, rice, two types of carrot and multiple seasonings. And a great portion of asian magic
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This picture was made during one of my food-photography sessions for one of the oriental restaurants in Moscow. Plov is one of the most famous dishes of Uzbekistan and it was shot like million times and I wanted to make something completely new. So I asked my wife Veronika to style the scene. We sterted to think of an idea how to make this fresh and decided to turn this picture more into work of artTime
This was shot at night inside the restaurant so I decided to use two remote controlled flashes with umbrellas attached 90 degrees to the left and to the right from the cameraLighting
I used to remote controlled flashes with transcludent umbrellas attached 90 degrees to the left and to the right from the cameras. This was shot on black plastic background so it took me some time to set up the light so it wouldn't reflect on the backgroundEquipment
I used mu Nikon D700 camera with 50mm prime and two flashes - SB-900 and SB-800. They were connected to the camera via Phottix Odin radio systemInspiration
I have been working with oriental topic for quite some time and got the idea how people normally shoot uzbek food. So I wanted to do something absolutely new. My wife Veronika - designer - helped me to come up with the idea of deviding plov into basic components and pain around with the seasoningsEditing
There is quite some postprocessing here. I lightened the shadows, boosted up greens and purples - mede food look freshIn my camera bag
When I shoot food I prefer to do so during the daytime to use daylight as much as possible - it makes much better shadows then the artificial light. If I have the opportunity to shoot during daytime I lake two large (180x120 cm) confertible reflectors to smoothen the lights and shadows. If I have to shoot in the studio, I use three flashes - Nikon SB-900 and two SB-800 connected to the camera via radio Phottix Odin. I use 50mm and 90mm macro primes to shoot food Now I switched to Nikon D810 and use it for my workFeedback
Fresh idea is the key to success. Think of something interesting, some approach never done before
