On November 3rd 2019, I was doing my usual Sunday meal prep for the week. One of the things I was making was a creamy tomato, chicken,spinach and tortellini soup. I did the chicken first in the pressure cooker to be able to shred it into nice and easy pieces. Then added the rest to a slow cooker and let it go all day. Adding in the spinach and the tortellini last.
Point being, I was hungry and thought this would look good. So before I ate I whipped up a bowl and had all my photography stuff ready. I was using two lights and some flooring pieces I picked up from Home Depot. Just 1 foot squares that are less than a dollar a piece, really useful as simple clean backgrounds.
It took me a good few attempts before I figured out the settings and the angle I wanted.
Canon 7D Mark II w/24-105mm - 1/200 Sec - F8 - ISO 100
Canon 7D Mark II w/24-105mm - 1/160 Sec - F8 - ISO 100
I also have put the top two images here unedited. Which is to say unfinished. They aren’t true representations of what it looked like in real life. I think I’ve talked at length about the editing process before, so no need to repeat myself.
Eventually I got the angle I wanted and the light on the right angle. It may not sparkle exactly and be 100% photo perfect like other food photography where they craft it by hand. But to me, looking back at this just makes me want to eat it again. It was damn good.
Canon 7D w/24-105mm - 1/160 Sec - F8 - ISO 100