Fruits...yummmm

Ever since I bought a plexiglass (Acrylic sheet) for the table top photography, one of the thing I always wanted to try was take pictures of fruit slices by back lighting them through the plexiglass. So far I was very lazy to start the set up but today I decided to do it anyways...so brought some fruits from a local grocery store and gave a try.

I’ve seen shots like this a many a times in the trade publications and in various food books....in fact I was very much inspired by the concept. These types of shots always interested me, but I never found the opportunity to do one myself.

The challenge was to back lit the fruit slices....I thought it would have been nice if I had a glass top coffee table .....so after thinking a while I end up using a dust bin (its a new one and never been utilized...so perfect candidate !). I used two white papers inside the bin and kept the plexiglass on top of it. It served two purposes, one- it act like a table top by holding the plexiglass and second, it act like a soft box because I placed one of my strobes inside the bin which was my main light to back lit the fruits. After having some trial shots, I cut the fruits slices and kept on the glass...and here are the pics...I am very happy with the results...so Saturday was busy and productive !!

Camera: Canon T1i
Kit lens 18-55mm
f stop between 11 to 4

2 flashes - one in the bin, power 1/4 and other on umbrella stand, power 1/8
White reflector (foam board) on right side

The ice breaker....

When the days are stressfull and nothing is working out as per your expectations, it builts up frustration and that time you need an ice breaker to get some relief. Same thing happened to me last week when loads of work, high expectaions from cliet etc etc ended up with frustration ...but then I got an BIG relief when Kamakshi (my betterhalf) told me that her recipe got selected amongst the top5 in the online contest she participated.....she was anxiously waiting for the results for last 2 weeks which finally paid back. Her happiness washed out all my frustration .....and also it was nice to see my photograph on someone else's website :)......it was good enough for me to get going ....

here is Kamakshi's recipe (Apple Custard with Strawberry Sauce)...try it !!

And here is the set up - however, I tried lots of lighting angles but this one was good, I have seen back-lighting works best with food photography.

Attempting Food Photographs

I believe food photography is one the of challenging fields which demands lots of creative angles, understanding deft of field & study of light. I would definitely like to give my best efforts to capture some nice food photographs. Here are my first food photographs to capture Diwali sweets, ‘Karanji’ & ‘Rava ladoo’ which my wife Kamakshi prepared for this Diwali....


Like Pu La Deshpande mentioned in “Asa Mi Asa Mi”... राजहंसाचे चालणे| जगी झालीया शाहणे | म्हणुनी काय कवणे| चालूची नये | ;) in simple words "Doing your best means never stop trying.”