Poor man’s food photography studio – Chocolate candy

OK, it’s not a studio. It’s my living room. An unused bedside table. A few sheets of used paper, and mmm… toilet paper! Poured down two packs of chocolate candy. Zoomed in to maximum and wide open so the paper borders were so out of focus, and the flash added the uniform white although it was not (I didn’t even have to move the unused candies off the table). Speedlite 430EZ flash was in manual mode, stopped down 2/3 stops, bounced off the ceiling. Oh, and manual focus.

My original plan was to use the texture of the toilet paper (and if you ask why not using kitchen paper, the answer is simple: no stock!). Alas it didn’t work. Was the flash too bright? Was the texture too small to be captured? Should I change my aperture? Hmmm….

Here’s the setup. All objects were in the exact position as in the final picture (well I might have eaten a few of the candies).

Tags: candy, chocolate, flash, food, photography tips

4 thoughts on “Poor man’s food photography studio – Chocolate candy”

Christine on November 4, 2011 at 23:55 said:

Hi Ranan,

Great to meet you! We’re putting together 99 resources to help foodbloggers take better photos. We’d love to include this post as a reference. Do let me know if you are okay with referencing you!

Cheers

Christine
christine@knapkins.com

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- Ranan Samanya on November 5, 2011 at 00:01 said:
  
  Christine, putting reference is free. B-) I’m honored. Just let mxxe know the address once you have it. Thanx.
  
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gmomj on February 24, 2011 at 20:58 said:

I would frame this for my daughter’s room.
Saw something (not as great as this) at Pier 1).
I love it.

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- Ranan Samanya on February 25, 2011 at 10:50 said:
  
  Thank you, gmom, glad my work can please others. Do send me a picture of it hanging with you and your daughter if you decide to do it so I introduce you all here. 😉
  
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