What’s In My Bag: David McLain’s Kit For Publish-Worthy Food Photography | Sony

Sony Artisan David McLain is a Maine-based photographer and filmmaker whose work explores large questions by intimate tales. He has photographed many characteristic size assignments for National Geographic Magazine, together with “The Secrets of Living Longer,” – a canopy story written by Dan Buettner. Alongside Dan, David has photographed each Blue Zones space, showcasing these locations on the planet with the healthiest, longest-living populations. “I also shot this New York Times best-selling cookbook that has sold over 500,000 copies with one camera and three lenses,” he shares. “Oh, and I had never done any food photography before this assignment.” Keep studying as he shares what was in his bag for meals images in a NYT best-seller.

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Camera: Alpha 7R V
Lenses: 100mm f/2.8 Macro G Master, 35mm f/1.4 G Master, 50mm f/1.2 G Master

Camera

Alpha 7R V: I like the large file dimension and element for meals pictures so I am going with the A7RV. It’s only a lovely digital camera and at all times a pleasure to work with. The LCD display screen rotates and adjusts to nearly any place which will be actually useful framing at awkward angles or heights which I at all times appear to be doing.

Photo by David McLain. Alpha 7R V.

Photo by David McLain. Alpha 7R V.

Lenses

100mm f/2.8 Macro G Master: I’m not usually a giant macro man however this was a go-to lens on this undertaking. It’s loopy sharp and I discovered to shoot it stopped down each time I might as a result of the main target is tremendous vital and the background was at all times blown out. I relied on MF greater than AF- meals is just not a transferring goal.

Photo by David McLain. Alpha 7R V.

Photo by David McLain. Alpha 7R V.

35mm f/1.4 G Master: This lens is as important as oxygen to me. I exploit it greater than another lens and this shoot was no totally different. I discovered to withstand the urge to shoot it broad open. Food appears to be like higher with some depth of discipline. Think f/2.8 to f/5.6 vary.

Photo by David McLain. Alpha 7R V.

Photo by David McLain. Alpha 7R V.

50mm f/1.2 G Master: Whenever I needed a bit extra compression I’d transfer from the 35mm to the 50mm. Same guidelines as above apply however the barely longer focal size compresses the foreground and background in a manner that may be very useful.

Photo by David McLain. Alpha 7R V.

Photo by David McLain. Alpha 7R V.

Accessories

Domke Bag: I received my first Domke bag in 1983 and by no means noticed a purpose to cease getting them. Timeless model and performance.

Back up Solid State Drives: The silver enclosures include Rocket Q NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 SSD stable state drives. They are quick and costly and prevent tons of time backing up at evening.

Photo by David McLain. Alpha 7R V.

See extra of David McLain’s work on his Alpha Universe Profile and at davidmclain.com.