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RE: Cook with Us #10: My simple brownie in a cup
They look so decadent, somewhere between a brownie and a choccie fondant- definitely pencilling this one in the book! Your snaps are looking incredible too! LOVE the reflections in the black plate and those pouring shots are just stunning!
Thank you. It was really hard to come up with something this week to be honest. But I did enjoy the photo opportunities that was provided to me. Sometimes the dish just help the settings process. I’ve been playing with the lights a little more and try to get the natural light which is harder and harder now with winter coming in.
Happy you did it! They look fabulous! I'm also chasing light with the change of seasons, trying to find a room where the light streams in diffused works best. I shoot in my dining room next to a bright window for key light and with an adjacent door open to act as a fill light, but with the changing light am moving over to my bedroom later in the afternoons. Ultimately no one will know if the best light is in your bedroom or lounge- it helps to invest in large bits of wood you can move around. Also a piece of white paper to act as a reflector works a charm if you don't want to lug a huge setup around. Your styling is amazing btw! So naturally composed!
I’m actually using a muslin paper for the backdrop. It kind of allow the natural light to be slightly implify on certain areas of the plated dish. But is quite hard to hold this paper steady and not tear it apart lol. But slowly but surely I’m trying to get my head around the importance of lighting direct or diffused and it’s impact on the quality of the pics. I’m also trying to focus on my writing style. Might not be apparent in this particular post but have put up a new one with a storyline that fit the dish!
The quality certainly shows! I've learned clothing pegs and sticky tape help a lot to hold up diffusers and props etc. I generally put an open book on either side of the shots when I'm in a small space and stretch a piece of paper between them, using pegs to pin it to the hard cover of the books. What they don't see won't hurt them! Your writing style is lovely, great reading about family events and how you test things before you present them, it's natural and easy to read. Look forward to reading your new post to see what you've been up to!