Interview with commercial analogue shooter – Christina Zen

For episode 62 we have a talented commercial photographer Christina Zen – who shoots film!

Christina moved across to film after years of shooting weddings on digital to the world of film! She bought a Contax 6×4.5 and never looked back. She talks us through her experiences and provides insights about learning to use film stock effectively.

Christina shoots a variety of food, lifestyle and other commercial related work. You can see lots of her lovely images on her website (the food images are especially mouth-watering). She also mentors with one on one sessions, so if you are looking for help, look no further.

We discuss a number of topics including:

choosing film
Pushing Portra 800/Fuji 400
Shooting food + eating it!
Shotkit.com
Waist level shooting
Food photography
Mum + coping as wedding tog
Need for marketing
Less “posed” look
Being creative
Workshops + science lessons

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My 10 year old was on a 3 day overnight trip with his school and just came home! So of course Mama had to make him some delicious treats! Who knew gluten and dairy free chocolate chip muffins could look (and taste) so good?!? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ . #njfoodie #nycfoodie #foodphotography #foodphotographer #nycfoodphotographer #commercialphotography #restaurantphotography #lifestylefood #muffins #glutenfree #dairyfree #healthyfood #comfortfood
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