Boyer Boutique Shoot

January 31, 2009 thepatter 0 Comments

I recently finished shooting the product line for the Boyer Boutique. They specialize in custom chocolate gifts and handmade cards. The Boyer’s are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, so it was a real pleasure to help out with images for their website. For any guys reading this blog, here is a hint: Now is the perfect time to check out the Boyer Boutique! They have their Valentines gift line on their site. If you are not sure what to give that special girl this Valentine’s, here is the place to go for a unique, thoughtful gift!

Though I do a lot of macro and close up photography, shooting candy/food is really a lot more challenging. Of course you want your image to appeal to the viewer as an appetizing treat, but there are also technical challenges as well. For instance, anyone who has photographed food before knows that some dishes only look ideal for a brief period of time. Fortunately I have a ‘sun room’, which is a true misnomer in Ohio in January. The room is cold during the winter months, so I didn’t have to worry about the chocolate melting or softening from the temperature of the room. I also use small, battery powered flash units, so heat from the lights did not affect the product either.

A big challenge I faced with this shoot was dealing with reflections. Since some of the products are in glass bottles, I had to contend with some unwanted reflections. For instance, take a look at Figure 1.

Notice the white line just to the left of the ‘9’? That reflection was probably flash spilling onto the white T-shirt that I was wearing. So to kill that reflection, I used a ‘flag’. I had a black piece of foam core that I held below the camera in lens in a position that would prevent the light from reflecting back into the glass. A simple fix, but one that I normally wouldn’t have to worry about with a bug or a plant!

The Figure 2 shows the image with the white line eliminated.
Figure 1:

Figure 2:

Here is the set up shot showing me holding the flag (the black square in the bottom/center of the image) to block the reflection. I guess I should have worn a black turtle neck!

Photo credit: Kaylan Patterson

Finally, you can see some more of the images on my website, patterphotography.com. Enjoy!

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