FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographer: C.R Tan
Photography Assistant: Tay Ting Li, Lee Yunxuan
Chinese festivities are a time of reunions, laden with sumptuous feasts, sweet treats, and festive gaiety. To year, we were engaged by Goodwood Park Hotel for our food photography services, capturing the full spread of their Lunar New Year Offerings and Midautumn Festival mooncakes.
To evoke the jubilant spirit with the coming of spring, we chose a bright colour palette of warm yellow, orange, and red, to represent auspiciousness. We also incorporated green as a secondary colour, representing fortune, and providing contrast that complemented the overall colour scheme. Finally, we used iconic Chinese props, serveware, cloths, and plates, to tie in a sense of tradition, and symbolising Goodwood Park’s heritage.
As for the Midautumn Festival, we were tasked to capture a range of traditional baked and snowskin mooncakes. We used predominantly warm colours for the backdrops, playing with lights and plants to create whimsical shadows. The only photo with a different treatment is the durian snowskin mooncakes. With a green backdrop and darker toners, it stands out as the hotel’s all-time speciality.
