Medium Steak, by Bashar Alaeddin

I had recently bought a new TS-E 45mm f/2.8 lens and I was told about how effective the tilt-shift could be used for food photography, and they were right. Utilizing the depth-of-field from it, I asked the chef at a restaurant a friend of mine had newly opened, to cut the steak in half and then I poured the sauce on one half creating this image. My friend and I liked the overall high-key style of the image and he used it for his social media channels to promote his new restaurant.

Canon 7D with TS-E 45mm f/2.8 | Exposure: f/3.2 at 1/13sec | ISO 100 | Focal Length 45mm
Medium Steak, by Bashar Alaeddin

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | March 29
Award Score: 67 (Value 13, Clarity 12.5, Composition 17, Style 12.5, Skill 12)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Food Photography
Photograph Location: the Ivy in Amman | Jordan

Photographer: Bashar Alaeddin (Amman, Jordan) Registered
Born in Kuwait City, lived between Jordan and Lebanon most of his life, Bashar has over 9yrs experience in digital photography since he picked it up as a hobby for a course during his university years. Starting from a 2mp Samsung, he is now the founder of a photography & video studio based in Amman, Jordan where his time is split between his commercial day job photographing food, interior, products and portraits; and his night-time job traveling around the middle-east region capturing landscapes, the culture and his favorite genre, long-exposures of the night-sky. He is an amateur astronomer and tried to combine that with his love of photographs showcasing the beauty of the Arabian landscapes under starry nights.

Website: http://adasat.co/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34413965@N02
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