Food Photography – Behind the scenes

Black Tea – finished shot

I thought it might be a good idea to show you guys the finished shot and then show some behind the scenes photos. The “behind the scenes shots were done after the shot was in the bag, so you can see what all went into shooting food photography.

Here's a shot from behind the camera.

Here’s a shot from behind the camera.

Because we wanted to have a soft focus background, we decided to go with a relatively long lens, which explains the great distance between the camera and the set. This lens selection also helped to limit the width of the set we’d need to build in the background.

Another view of the set.

Another view of the set.

reverse set angle

reverse set angle

stalker

Here’s a shot of some creep attempting to sneak into the set for some free food, I think…

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