Sunday Edition: The Good Stuff

I think that I would enjoy the season a bit more if I wasn't so preoccupied with taking photos.  If I didn't care as much about those fleeting moments with natural sunlight.

I signed up to do the Souvenir Foto School Food + Foto session.  For this session I am focusing on the good stuff.  The way a simple treat can be elevated by the ingredient or by selecting quality over quantity.

This first week I sat in my office all week while the abundant sunshine faded by the time I got home and thought for sure there would be a chance to get some lovely fall light for my first photo over the weekend.  But no. It was quite gray this weekend.  And the bit of sun that poked out was not when I could take the photos. 

So I threw a little fit while trying to set up a mock studio in my little apartment with a couple of lamps and three chairs and a white sheet held by my husband for a diffuser (lacking white tissue paper) and a too rigid tripod along with a couple of discarded backdrops and various plates that didn't quite work for me. 

In the end I just cranked up the ISO, accepted the shadows, accepted the grain and called it a day.  All the while doing a little prayer for a sunny day next weekend... and reconsidering flash.  I meant to take a picture of the disaster that was my mock-studio as it was quite ridiculous- next time.

Comments

[Emily (The Culinary Couple)]

You may have stressed about the shoot, but the photo is still lovely! I also have trouble taking any good food shots in the evening, which is why I like to cook and bake up a storm on the weekends!

[Tara]

Thanks Emily! I can be quite the drama queen about taking photos in the evening :)