<p>Thanks all for the advice.<br>
I do have a copy of S,L,&M that i read when I first took my photo classes many years ago. I started in fashion, got sick of it, moved onto interiors and real estate, and now am dabbling in food. The reason I started this thread was to gage whether one could adequately achieve "natural lighting" without strobes. having seen it done so well by the blogging masses, I wondered if i was doing something wrong!<br>
I've been practicing at home with a frozen patty. The window is facing west (as is the resto's). I started adding 1/64 from my 580EX (as the setup photo will show) from camera left. The Apple TV box is my foreground bounce.<br>
Obviously, things will look different with real props and a different table/background!<br>
I'm also including 2 shots I did for the same resto a few weeks ago. They liked the photos, but want it without plates this time. Everything is shot with natural light and bounced with a white card camera left. Even though I used a gray card and adjusted in Lightroom, I still couldn't get rid of the blue tinge. The owner sent me the photos (many come from Panera Bread) that I included in my first post with the comment "As long as we get a light image with the food in focus and properly displayed, they should come out fine."<br>
Everything is shot with a Canon 5D MkII. The resto shots are with a 100 2.8 macro and the home shots are from a 24-70L lens.<br>
Additional question: The 24-70L seems to cover most bases in this case, but is it worth renting a 50mm 1.4L (or other lens)?</p>
Thanks!
<p>Resto shots:<br>
http://imgur.com/So4lioB<br>
http://imgur.com/6NaZGNr</p>
<p>At home:<br>
http://imgur.com/KnDLLuo<br>
http://imgur.com/WM5V0U6<br>
http://imgur.com/a4hszqb</p>