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4 cheese ravioli in a mushroom cream sauce at Osteria Del Figo. and a Mango Ceylon iced tea. this is my new favorite meal.

in coffee...especially french roast or a strong brewed tea. or...shhhhhh...chilled till it's solid in the fridge and eaten off a spoon.

word - thanks for addressing the sweaty cheese thing fistfull! i like the idea of setting up with one tray and then shooting a second tray.

ellen those shots are fabulous - i like the last one best - we've got both, but i'd prefer to use digital, myself it will make it easier to manipulate after the fact. (with someone else doing the clicking, since i'm a spaz)

oooh. miniscus. wine being poured into a glass could work - if i can figure how to keep hands out of the picture. it seems too intimate going about trying to discern whether your coworkers hands are photogenic.

ouch.

thanks pyewacket, for all of your help and insight. yes, they will be individual photos, however, making a composition shot with all 3 products for use elsewhere might be an idea, considering we'll be shooting photos anyway. i didn't even think of a wooden cheesboard, but that will work best of all. might be easier for me to locate amongst our "props" as well. i definitely would prefer to run the light-filled white theme throughout. i like the idea of figs...i saw some lovely black grapes at the market the other day, perhaps that and green and red figs would make for an interesting garnish. with all this input, and the ideas and help you've given, i'm quite excited about this project, now it's just a matter of dealing with the beauracracy....

hah...actually i was going to try to clarify placement of the camera, but when i actually quoted your post the illustration you were aiming for came out much better. i've added soem dashes to make it work better. (i think?)

*lol* @ chad! thank you all so much for your advice - i've got some fantastic windows here - i'm actually looking at one now, that has direct sunlight and a view of fall foliage, might be good for the bottle of olives. the wine tips are very good as well, especially the bit about watering down a red....perhaps instead of hands I could do a carafe and nice crystal goblet? maybe some bread or more cheese as a prop? grapes? (too trite?) actually on the silver - what if i did the cheese plate on a darker background, by candlelight (with other lighting coming down on it?) i would prefer white, as I'm trying to keep things airy and bright, but i can see cheese on anything but sterling silver. or perhaps marble, which might actually work better, eh?

thanks for the insight jackal - i'm definitely trying to make it say "look at me, want me, desire to know more about me" in effect, it's my hook. it doesn't need to have that "eat me" quality (god that can be taken a couple of ways) as my target is not those who will consume on a retail level, but those who want our product on a wholesale level. i want it updated, new millenium, warm, classy and intriguing.

well...like i said, cheese, wine and olives.... what i have in mind is a cheese tray, liek you would receive in a higher end restaurant, perhaps sterling silver plate....i'd like it on a white background, with maybe some warmth from candlelight? the olives (if i do them), i'd like in a striking jar, definitely green, either pimento or perhaps orange stuffed and sunlight striking the jar the wine, i'm torn on - i know i'd like two glasses clinking, but that would involve hand models, and i haven't decided between red or white yet. I can't show labels tho.

Originally From Central New York .... empires macouns crispins and red delicious. oh and granny smiths too.

hey all - i was wondering if i could pick some brains about food photography. I'm brainstorming a project for my company, and need to take some pictures of our products (cheese, wine, and perhaps olives) Photo styles that come to mind are Publix ads and Saveur magazine. Both have a very bright feel, the food is in sharp focus, and one thing i like about publix is the backgrounds always seem to be in soft focus and fading to white. chances are i will have to do the photography myself for this project, or work with a coworker who isn't as much of a spaz with a trigger finger. so my question is, how do i make it look sexy? (i mean prepwork, mainly - the background, lighting and composition we can sort out) thanks in advance!

*lol* reminds me of a sign that used to tickle me every time i passed it when i first moved to Atlanta: Now Hiring Meat and 2 Veg - 4.99 i couldn't figure out if that was by the hour or by the piece.

add: candy blow-pops max factor pan-stik surgical masks playful bandaids a bail bondsman

*lol* if you're really hardcore, you'd go with the ephedrine 2-way. good luck!

no problem - glad i could help.

This thread may help.

damn jschuyn....i'm sorry to hear that. there's no way i could survive, but then again, i also believe a man's approach to food is similar to his approach to sex, so a man with tastes like your beau would never make it past date #2 with me.

or maybe ragi and rice (sangati)

how did you eat it? i thought perhaps it was uppama, but i don't know. also are you sure the little black seeds weren't mustard seeds?

the corner piece.

hmm. that should be a new starbucks job description.

baha! you do have a point there, tho.

i've told the story before of how i was cooking thai curry for an unadventurous couple a few years back. from the living room, the wife yelled "what are you cooking. it smells like feet." *lol* did she at least have the grace to be somewhat embarrassed?