January 29, 2009; Day 272.
Cookie Time.
This is the fourth installment of my fisheye appliance series. Previously I captured my dishwasher, my dryer, and my refrigerator.
The idea for this was shamelessly lifted from Bryan Peterson’s latest e-mail from the Perfect Picture School of Photography. He uses the e-mail mostly to plug the next round of courses, but he always includes a photography tip to ensure that we’ll open it. This month’s tip was photographing pizza coming out of the oven. His oven is electric, so he has the option to use a layer mask to create red-hot coils. Mine is a gas oven, so I’m using a makeshift red filter over the oven light to try to create some warmth. OK, I’ll give myself a little bit of credit for creativity. Honestly, the red hot coils look better, but I like this.
How did I create a makeshift red filter? I recently bought a bundle of slim empty CD cases from Staples. Most are black except for a few that are colored. Two of these were made of red translucent plastic. I just taped them in place over the oven light.
I love food photography, particularly once I’ve got my shot!
UPDATE: Stephonie, you might be able to get this warm color if you use a flash with a red filter and diffuser on it, pointed towards the oven ceiling or back wall. It's worth a try. Also, those are scratch cookies from this recipe. (Scroll down to "Healthy Holiday Cookies." They're soft and tasty and not really that healthy, but they do not contain eggs, which means you can add the dough to ice cream for home made cookie dough ice cream! Hillary, pretend I didn't just say that!)
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
PS: Curves adjustment for Velvia effect
PS: Burn Corners action (400 pixels around the frame)
Cookie Time.
This is the fourth installment of my fisheye appliance series. Previously I captured my dishwasher, my dryer, and my refrigerator.
The idea for this was shamelessly lifted from Bryan Peterson’s latest e-mail from the Perfect Picture School of Photography. He uses the e-mail mostly to plug the next round of courses, but he always includes a photography tip to ensure that we’ll open it. This month’s tip was photographing pizza coming out of the oven. His oven is electric, so he has the option to use a layer mask to create red-hot coils. Mine is a gas oven, so I’m using a makeshift red filter over the oven light to try to create some warmth. OK, I’ll give myself a little bit of credit for creativity. Honestly, the red hot coils look better, but I like this.
How did I create a makeshift red filter? I recently bought a bundle of slim empty CD cases from Staples. Most are black except for a few that are colored. Two of these were made of red translucent plastic. I just taped them in place over the oven light.
I love food photography, particularly once I’ve got my shot!
UPDATE: Stephonie, you might be able to get this warm color if you use a flash with a red filter and diffuser on it, pointed towards the oven ceiling or back wall. It's worth a try. Also, those are scratch cookies from this recipe. (Scroll down to "Healthy Holiday Cookies." They're soft and tasty and not really that healthy, but they do not contain eggs, which means you can add the dough to ice cream for home made cookie dough ice cream! Hillary, pretend I didn't just say that!)
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
PS: Curves adjustment for Velvia effect
PS: Burn Corners action (400 pixels around the frame)
January 29, 2009; Day 272.
Cookie Time.
This is the fourth installment of my fisheye appliance series. Previously I captured my dishwasher, my dryer, and my refrigerator.
The idea for this was shamelessly lifted from Bryan Peterson’s latest e-mail from the Perfect Picture School of Photography. He uses the e-mail mostly to plug the next round of courses, but he always includes a photography tip to ensure that we’ll open it. This month’s tip was photographing pizza coming out of the oven. His oven is electric, so he has the option to use a layer mask to create red-hot coils. Mine is a gas oven, so I’m using a makeshift red filter over the oven light to try to create some warmth. OK, I’ll give myself a little bit of credit for creativity. Honestly, the red hot coils look better, but I like this.
How did I create a makeshift red filter? I recently bought a bundle of slim empty CD cases from Staples. Most are black except for a few that are colored. Two of these were made of red translucent plastic. I just taped them in place over the oven light.
I love food photography, particularly once I’ve got my shot!
UPDATE: Stephonie, you might be able to get this warm color if you use a flash with a red filter and diffuser on it, pointed towards the oven ceiling or back wall. It's worth a try. Also, those are scratch cookies from this recipe. (Scroll down to "Healthy Holiday Cookies." They're soft and tasty and not really that healthy, but they do not contain eggs, which means you can add the dough to ice cream for home made cookie dough ice cream! Hillary, pretend I didn't just say that!)
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
PS: Curves adjustment for Velvia effect
PS: Burn Corners action (400 pixels around the frame)
Cookie Time.
This is the fourth installment of my fisheye appliance series. Previously I captured my dishwasher, my dryer, and my refrigerator.
The idea for this was shamelessly lifted from Bryan Peterson’s latest e-mail from the Perfect Picture School of Photography. He uses the e-mail mostly to plug the next round of courses, but he always includes a photography tip to ensure that we’ll open it. This month’s tip was photographing pizza coming out of the oven. His oven is electric, so he has the option to use a layer mask to create red-hot coils. Mine is a gas oven, so I’m using a makeshift red filter over the oven light to try to create some warmth. OK, I’ll give myself a little bit of credit for creativity. Honestly, the red hot coils look better, but I like this.
How did I create a makeshift red filter? I recently bought a bundle of slim empty CD cases from Staples. Most are black except for a few that are colored. Two of these were made of red translucent plastic. I just taped them in place over the oven light.
I love food photography, particularly once I’ve got my shot!
UPDATE: Stephonie, you might be able to get this warm color if you use a flash with a red filter and diffuser on it, pointed towards the oven ceiling or back wall. It's worth a try. Also, those are scratch cookies from this recipe. (Scroll down to "Healthy Holiday Cookies." They're soft and tasty and not really that healthy, but they do not contain eggs, which means you can add the dough to ice cream for home made cookie dough ice cream! Hillary, pretend I didn't just say that!)
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
PS: Curves adjustment for Velvia effect
PS: Burn Corners action (400 pixels around the frame)
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