Journal: Explained - Editing vs Retouching

You will often hear the terms ‘editing’ and ‘retouching’ being thrown about a lot in the food photography world. Often though, there’s not a lot clarification on what they mean. So what is the difference between editing and retouching?

Editing makes up for roughly 60% of the food photography post-production work that I carry out. A typical edit will involve cropping, re-cropping to a client’s specified ratio, frame straightening, and a basic grade; which includes, tweaking exposure, colour temperature, tint levels, colour balance levels, contrast, lens adjustments, as well as adjusting highlight and shadow details.

Third SummaryHikaru FunnellDecember 31, 2020Hikaru Funnell, Travelling, Lisbon

Case Study: The Organic Pharmacy

I was contacted by London based health & beauty brand, The Organic Pharmacy. As a long established company, they specialise in producing products that fuse their herbal, homeopathic and cosmetic knowledge to create high-performance beauty products.

Product, Third SummaryHikaru FunnellDecember 14, 2020

Project Introduction: Our Table - Dean Parker at Darby's

After being in the fortunate position to work as a full-time freelance food photographer for the past four years - I’ve been wanting to return to my roots by shooting more closely with restaurants and to give back a bit; reminiscent of when I was a child, growing up above my parent’s Anglo-French restaurant in East Sussex. This is where my passion for food was first ignited, creating many warm memories of food.

Third SummaryHikaru FunnellDecember 1, 2020

Journal: Covid-19 - Shooting During Lockdown

We can all agree to what a strange and interesting times we’re all going through at the moment, from both a social and working angle. Now being five-months along the line into the UK’s lockdown, we are all seeing an ease of the measures and consumer confidence rising across the board; resulting in more people feeling comfortable in expanding their social bubble; going into work once a week for team-wide catch-ups, and going back out to eat, drink and for more experiential-led shopping.

Third SummaryHikaru FunnellAugust 14, 2020Hikaru Funnell, Travelling, Lisbon

Project: Made by Hand - Gemma Harvey

I first met Gemma a couple of years ago whilst working as the one-man-marketing-manager at my last agency. Bonding over our love of food and great wine, we kept in touch after I left the agency to pursue a career as a photographer.

Third SummaryHikaru FunnellNovember 11, 2019

Project: Made by Hand - Rich Tucker

After teaming up with Sam and Damien at Ki Kefir, they kindly introduced me to their friend and graphic designer, Rich Tucker, AKA Ize London.

Third SummaryHikaru FunnellJune 19, 2019

Journal: Review - Fuji X Pro 1

I am very late to the party, but as I’ve just picked myself up a Fuji X Pro 1 - I wanted to part with my thoughts on Fuji’s answer to the prosumer rangefinder.

Third SummaryHikaru FunnellOctober 25, 2018Hikaru Funnell, Travelling, Lisbon