What´s going on in the studio?
Jerusalem Artichoke, som jordärtskocka visst heter på engelska. Låter fint. Lite mer poetiskt i mina öron än det svenska ordet.
Ny matfotografering gjord. Till alltid lika aktiva Veckans Middag. Läckra maträtter framför kameran och fantastiska dofter in i näsan! Denna gången var det en vackert gul soppa som stod på menyn.
Förvånansvärt att något så läckert med så fin färg kan komma ur en sån liten rotklump!
Matfoto i mellandagarna. Några av förra årets sista bilder blev på en oerhört väldoftande lammragu. Finns både beskrivning och recept på Veckansmiddag för den som känner sig sugen.
Detta var en av flera matsessioner. Snålvattnet rinner.
Och sist men inte minst en vit ricotta på en vit tallrik mot vit bakgrund.
A little cold and grey, but the plants are starting to grow and the light is good for playing with a Lensbaby
Every now and then I have the delicious assignment to shot food and products for the food blog “Veckans Middag“. Most often this emanates in a tremendous hunger and a lively salivation. (Wich is good for the teeth my denstist tells me). Here are some pictures newly shot.
Playing with available light only (and some reflectors), outdoors and indoors.
Here Cloetta´s Royal wedding edition chocolate. (The Wedding Chocolate) With blueberries and lingonberries! Among other delicious ingredients! If you happen to see some pieces of chocolate missing in the product shot I know nothing about it!
Product shot
The fine italian ecological wine Dolce Vita Monica no 3745
Zeta, the fine brand of olives, oil and vinegar.
Have been working on half strength for a while. Got help on the hospital this week.
Dramatic for me – routine for the surgeon. Found a picture from last autumn I thought was illustrative for this.
(50mm @ 1.8, 1/200sec, gold reflector)
The studio is located in a very old building, the kind of building that has very deep windowsills. The window in the kitchen is right towards north. In a special time of the day, in a special time of the year, when the sun comes through a thin layer of clouds, it shines on the wall of a fairly high building to the opposite our kitchen window. The building has a warm, almost pink surface which is reflecting the light through the fairly dirty window which delivers a very rich, soft light.
That kind of light occured yesterday and luckily we happened to have some products perfect to be shot in this kind of light: A friend of my wifes has a nice business on Sicily, Citronodlingen, (The Lemon Orchard), at the foot of Etna. My wife had recently got some products sent to her from Citronodlingen for testing out and to tell about on her food blog.
This time it was chocolate, lemon cream, artichoke paste, and fantastic dried chili seeds.
The wall in the windowsill made a perfect backdrop and the light falling in through the window gave these jars with their delicious content a nice soft shine.
The Crema di Limoni is a complete success! And so is the Paté di Carciofi & Mandorle.
A tiny silver reflector to lighten up shadows a bit was all that was needed to get a good exposure here. I really like this light and I wish the window was four times bigger …
