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TALeNTI gelato
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When Tim asked the other night if I needed anything else from the grocery store before leaving, I had no idea he'd come home with something as yummy for my camera as it is for my tummy. He got back with these gelato flavors and I knew once I saw the packaging that I'd have to wait until today to shoot it. This shot also features a slice of Tim's birthday cake from Sunday. I've been researching a little more into to properly lighting food and wanted to try it out on this. Although I wanted proper lighting, this image was shot and is intended as a product shot and not necessarily a food image even though there's food in the image. This shoot required not only proper strobe lighting placement (which consisted of a strobe bounced off the counter to camera right and my speedlite bounced off the cabinet to camera left as well as a small cabinet under cabinet light to highlight the lids just a bit and to help keep the canisters bright and reflective) but also a bit of cleaning. I knew I needed to clean everything in the kitchen anyway (Rylie's birthday party is Saturday and we're in cleaning mode) so I took all of my canisters out and cleaned them one by one. I then set my lighting and plated the cake. I used the cake piece to check lighting before getting the ice cream out. When it came time to get a spoon to include in the shot, I realized that I could use a beautiful flatware setting that we received for our wedding. (I've never actually used them because when i registered for that flatware I was unaware that they're sold individually by place setting and we only received one, so I've just kept is nice and new) The design is the Yamazaki Aquatique Ice 5-piece placesetting (buy it here) and works perfectly for this shiny and modern product shot. I started the shoot with just the spoon on the plate, and added the spoon on the containers later. I'm so glad that I did because it helps to visually distinguish the top of the containers from the stainless steel canisters behind them and adds a small touch of curvy interest to the verticals dominating the upper portion of the image. Not much editing here. I boosted the clarity and adjusted the curves so that the frozen bits of the container were visible without throwing the canisters and counter too far light or dark. Overall, I'm very pleased and can't wait to do more food/product shots!! 1/60sec@f/4 ISO100 FL:50mm
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TALeNTI gelato
See the full blog post at: www.cooperspectivephoto.com
When Tim asked the other night if I needed anything else from the grocery store before leaving, I had no idea he'd come home with something as yummy for my camera as it is for my tummy. He got back with these gelato flavors and I knew once I saw the packaging that I'd have to wait until today to shoot it. This shot also features a slice of Tim's birthday cake from Sunday. I've been researching a little more into to properly lighting food and wanted to try it out on this. Although I wanted proper lighting, this image was shot and is intended as a product shot and not necessarily a food image even though there's food in the image. This shoot required not only proper strobe lighting placement (which consisted of a strobe bounced off the counter to camera right and my speedlite bounced off the cabinet to camera left as well as a small cabinet under cabinet light to highlight the lids just a bit and to help keep the canisters bright and reflective) but also a bit of cleaning. I knew I needed to clean everything in the kitchen anyway (Rylie's birthday party is Saturday and we're in cleaning mode) so I took all of my canisters out and cleaned them one by one. I then set my lighting and plated the cake. I used the cake piece to check lighting before getting the ice cream out. When it came time to get a spoon to include in the shot, I realized that I could use a beautiful flatware setting that we received for our wedding. (I've never actually used them because when i registered for that flatware I was unaware that they're sold individually by place setting and we only received one, so I've just kept is nice and new) The design is the Yamazaki Aquatique Ice 5-piece placesetting (buy it here) and works perfectly for this shiny and modern product shot. I started the shoot with just the spoon on the plate, and added the spoon on the containers later. I'm so glad that I did because it helps to visually distinguish the top of the containers from the stainless steel canisters behind them and adds a small touch of curvy interest to the verticals dominating the upper portion of the image. Not much editing here. I boosted the clarity and adjusted the curves so that the frozen bits of the container were visible without throwing the canisters and counter too far light or dark. Overall, I'm very pleased and can't wait to do more food/product shots!! 1/60sec@f/4 ISO100 FL:50mm
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