03/01/2016
From this to that...
Taking photos of cakes and cupcakes in the light they deserve- there's a lot more than meets the eye!! Usually it's not this dramatic but on this particular night our usual spot was way too dark so we rigged up this back drop etc in the kitchen. Poor Bella held up the black back drop for a solid 15 mins while I tweaked the cupcakes and took a thousand photos, adjusted angles, tweaked the cupcakes a little more and took another thousand photos!! Then we scrutinise the pics and find the best ones and scrutinise a little more then we edit: crop, play with lighting, colours and contrasts until we finally have a headshot a model would be proud of!! Although it is time consuming and we don't always have time to do a full photo shoot before a cake needs to be delivered or collected. But when we do have time, we do it right!!
Side note: these cupcakes weren't for anybody in particular so don't fret about the standing on the bench business (it's definitely not a common occurrence!!)