For me, one of the best things about the holiday season is the abundance of home-baked goods in our kitchen. This past weekend was a cupcake extravaganza. Here’s a few sample shots of my wonderful wife’s creations:
The next bit of deliciousness isn’t cupcakes, it’s Kahlua-infused chocolate balls with a white chocolate shell! Mmm…
I always like to impart some photography wisdom. Notice how the chocolate glistens. It’s all about the lighting. I specifically set up the plate near a large sunny window to the left and then used an off-camera strobe to the right to gently fill in some of the shadows (I didn’t fill in all of the shadows though to create some drama). In some of the shots you can see that I cranked up the strobe to get an interesting cross-lighting effect because my goal was to show as much texture as possible. I don’t know about you but my mouth is watering!
Your pictures are gorgeous! And the food doesn’t look too shabby either. What lovely teamwork