I heard that a lot of the clients want their food shots tack sharp?

I dont have training or experience here but i find some blurring enticing and appetizing because like portraiture it provides an intentional point of focus.

heres something i did for an intalian resto:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnedward/138256910/in/set-72057594121972525/

whats your take on this pls?

Just checked your photo pre, and it looks ok with me. I agree that it has to have a point of focus, after all our eyes also work the same way when we're looking at something up close hindi naman naka-focus lahat di ba? Mas natural ang dating.

But for clients who want everything sharp, I suggest that you use a large format camera na may bellows na attachment. This are the accordon looking thing in front of large or medium format cameras. They can be tilted so that you can adjust the lenses to make everything tack sharp.

Raneil

dave (raniel pala), do you mean this?

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Just for the hood it's already $500 not to mention a mamiya or something.. Is there another way of achieving a closeup with greater depth of field for food applications?

here are those pics:

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dave, do you mean this?

Huh? You talkin to me?

Raneil is talking about tilt-shift. For Canon DSLRs you can get the pricey TS series of manual focus lenses which allow you to change the 'plane' of focus to coincide with the plane of the sensor.

However, since they are manual focus, you may opt for a much cheaper russian made MC 80 (http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/mc-80mm-tilt-shift-lens-canon-eos.htm) with a special adapter for EOS mount. At US$379 it's a bargain compared to the original Canon units (that don't have AF anyway).

Here's an image;

http://www.rugift.com/images/mc80mm-tilt-shift-lens.jpg

http://www.rugift.com/images/mc80mm-tilt-shift-lens3.jpg