Despite my Nikon being quite bulky, I always try to take my camera with me as I never know when I’m going to catch an interesting moment.

Today for lunch was just the time when I had my camera with me as I enjoyed a delicious sushi buffet. There was a soft light coming from the window which was like being in my own studio! I took the opportunity to take a few shots which have been successfully accepted at Shutterstock.

My workflow

First, what did the RAW RAW sushi file look like?

What did I do?

• Slight crop.
• Brightening up, as usual for stock.
• Added an ND filter going from right to left.
• Increased selective saturation on colours red, purple and orange
• Small ND filter going from bottom to middle with increased clarity and sharpening.
• Took it over to Photoshop and cloned out the distracting top bit on the background.

Final result:

Here’s another one I did of some delicious salmon eggs.

Hopefully these images will pay for the lunch + many more to come!

Bonne apetit!

Alex