I
love to bake, a fact well known among my friends. Another fact well
known among them is that I'm a sweet tooth. The result being one of my
friends treated me to a jar of cookie mix for my birthday. What she
didn't know is that it also made one very good subject to photograph.
I highjacked my mom's double door oven and the "photograpy-mixing-photography-baking-photography-eating" process began. She also has the most amazing mugs and a variety of plates and bowels to choose from making her home the perfect place to photograph delightful things to eat.
Enjoy! Hope you will have a coffee-cookie filled weekend ;-)
I highjacked my mom's double door oven and the "photograpy-mixing-photography-baking-photography-eating" process began. She also has the most amazing mugs and a variety of plates and bowels to choose from making her home the perfect place to photograph delightful things to eat.
Enjoy! Hope you will have a coffee-cookie filled weekend ;-)
Canon EOS 600 D - F 8 - 1/4 sec - ISO 100 - Lens 18-55mm
I've
made use of my tripod with all the photographs that I did. Since I've
made use of window light coming in from the right I had to make use of a
reflector from the left hand side (and self timer and tripod allowed me
to do all of this myself without the need of an assistant) of the
photograph to help even out the shadows. I also had the back door open,
allowing some light on the front of the object.
Canon EOS 600D - F 8 - 1/2 sec - ISO 100 - Lens 18-55mm
Canon EOS 600D - F 8 - 1/2 sec - 100 ISO - Lens 18 - 55 mm
For
those of you a bit more familiar with the more technical side of
photography, shallow depth of field etc. The reason why I got this
extremely shallow depth of field on a F 8 is due to the fact that I've
made use of my macro filters. If not mistaken it was a combination of
the nr 2 and 3.
Canon EOS 600 D - F 8 - 1/2 sec - 100 IS - Lens 18 - 55 mm
Canon EOS 600 D - F 8 - 1/2 sec - ISO 100 - Lens 15 - 55 mm - macro filters
I came
in extremely low with this photograph, nearly touching the lens to the
side of the counter. I took a few photos of the label. If not mistaken
this was the one without the reflector, only with window light coming in
from the right and the door behind me. Once again the macro filters*
gave me this extremely shallow depth of field.
Canon EOS 600D - F 8 - 1/2 sec - ISO 100 - Lens 18 - 55 mm
On
this photograph I've bent the reflector into a curve so the light was
better scattered to the front and left side of the butter. ... I've
washed my hands at least a half dozen times to get it butter free for
this photographs as well as working with the dough and cookies!
Canon EOS 600D - F 8 - 1/3 sec - 100 ISO - lens 18 - 55 mm
This is actually a series of 3
photographs taken. I've made use of my 10second delay, multiple exposure
self timer setting on the camera. I've had my reflector in my left
hand, with a slight angle to get the maximum light and a bowl with the
beaten egg and vanilla in my right hand, ready to start pouring once
I've heard the first click. ... Multitasking made easier with a tripod
and a self timer and a bit of luck :-)
Canon EOS 600D - F 8 - 1/3 sec - ISO 100 - 18 - 55 mm lens
The
final result after lots and lots of messing... (my mom was also baking
so all the big mixing bowels was used and they were not so nice for the
clean-cut look that i wanted. The reflector was slightly adjust to
reflect from a angle to the left down so that shadow to the left of the
dough was less harsh.
Canon EOS 600 D - F 8 - 1/3 sec - 100 ISO - lens 18 - 55 mm
Canon EOS 600D - F 8 - 1/2 Sec - 100 ISO - Lens 18 - 55 mm
I've
decided to make use of the photograph where I've only made use from the
window light from the left, slightly from behind and the light seeping
in at the backdoor.
Canon EOS 600D - F 11 - 1/10 sec - 100 ISO - Lens 18 - 55 mm
This was one of the more difficult photographs to do since I wanted the steam with the coffee.
The light came in from a window towards the right top corner of the photograph. My mother helped me, holding the kettle just below the table opening the lid so we could get extra steam. Once again the 10 second delay self timer with the multiple exposures was my best friend since I had to get the reflector JUST right as to get enough light on the mug and cookies, but not over light it so that I loose the steam (one has to have a dark background with back light to achieve this). I also had to cup my had over the lens as to avoid the lens-flair due to where the sun was at that point. ... Guess who's getting a lens hood!
The light came in from a window towards the right top corner of the photograph. My mother helped me, holding the kettle just below the table opening the lid so we could get extra steam. Once again the 10 second delay self timer with the multiple exposures was my best friend since I had to get the reflector JUST right as to get enough light on the mug and cookies, but not over light it so that I loose the steam (one has to have a dark background with back light to achieve this). I also had to cup my had over the lens as to avoid the lens-flair due to where the sun was at that point. ... Guess who's getting a lens hood!
*
If you are not into macro photography but would like to try it the
filters is a cheaper alternative to buying an actual lens. You can also
rent lenses from places like outdoor photo should you want to try out
the lens before you buy it.
