My Photography
All the photos on Just One Cookbook were taken by me unless it’s mentioned otherwise. Mr. JOC reviews restaurants and wines and he takes the pictures for his special posts.
CAMERA EQUIPMENT
CAMERAS
Past:
Canon T2i Canon 7D Canon 5D Mark III
Now:
Canon EOS-1DX Mark II PANASONIC LUMIX GX85 4K Mirrorless Camera (It’s easy to carry around)
LENSES
Past:
Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens Tamron 60mm f/2.0 macro lens Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro Lens Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro Lens Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
Now:
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens (step by step pictures) Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro Lens (final pictures) Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II Lens (final pictures) Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Lens Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro Lens Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM (Peter McKinnon’s favorite Lens) PANASONIC LUMIX G LEICA DG NOCTICRON LENS, 42.5MM, F1.2 ASPH. Olympus MSC ED M. 60mm f/2.8 Lens Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 25mm f1.2 PRO Lens (walkaround lens for the GX85)
PHOTOGRAPHY EDITING SOFTWARE
I edit all the photos with Lightroom. Please read more about Food Photography HERE.
LIGHTING
I love using natural light; however, I also use studio light when it’s too dark to take pictures. Our next goal is to incorporate more flash photography in our photos.
Mr. JOC’s Videography
We started our YouTube Channel in September 2013. All the videos on Just One Cookbook were filmed and edited by Mr. JOC. Doing videos is quite tricky, there aren’t many books that help you get started vs. photography. We find the best resource for learning how to make videos are tutorials from individuals, such as Learning DLSR Video and YouTube Channels.
CAMERAS
Past:
Canon 5D Mark III 2 Canon 70D‘s 2 Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH4K‘s
Now:
EOS-1DX Mark II (It is that much better than GH4!)
LENSES
Past:
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens PANASONIC LUMIX G X Vario Lens, 12-35mm, F2.8 ASPH Olympus MSC ED M. 60mm f/2.8 Lens
Now:
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens (go to lens for video) Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II Lens (beauty shot) Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro Lens (beauty shot)
VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE
For the first year, Mr. JOC used PowerDirector to edit and produced them. He’s currently using Adobe Premier Pro to edit our videos.
LIGHTING
All the videos are recorded in our kitchen using Cool Lights for lighting. Based on his research they are similar to Kino Flo but much cheaper and just as good (we never actually compared the footage shot with Cool Lights vs. Kino Flo). We also use ROSCO paper to diffuse the light.
OTHER EQUIPMENT
Tripod: Manfrotto 028B Black Aluminum Studio Pro Triman Tripod with Geared Column Tripod Head: Manfrotto 502 Video Head (allow you to pan and tilt smoothly) Slider: Konova Camera Slider Dolly K2 100cm (39.4 Inch) Camera stand: Manfrotto 806 Mini Salon 190 Camera Stand with Counter-Balanced Cross Arm Video Mic: Rode VideoMic Pro Compact VMP Shotgun Microphone Nami’s Mic: Portable Camera Mount Wireless Lavalier System
