We worked out a dining shot with our salad in the foreground and a similar plate in the background with napkins, glasses, bread and butter and several pieces of silverware. The light from the table lamp and wall sconce were dragged in to try to reflect the mood of the room. With our setup almost complete (after an hour and a half of scrutinizing every detail) the instructor informed us that the plate we received was the wrong one. Our large square plate became a very large rectangular plate. We adjusted the scene and camera angle.
Then we were shown a preview of the salad. A piece of art, designed and created by the restaurant owner, was going to be placed on our table. Seeing this stark, minimalistic and very arranged array, we had to reset the table. The lighting setup changed completely too.
Here is the finished shot. Let me know what you think. Click on the image to view.
Ok, first of all, they call this a SALAD?? lol. It's beautiful, but strange.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the lighting though...great job! My only critique would be that the table itself is a little bland. I'm all for a "clean simple" look but I feel like the plate is sparce enough, and so therefore there's too much white on the table. Otherwise...great job!!!
Thanks for posting! I had such a great time the other night!
Yeah, we stripped it back to next to nothing. We were dinged in class on the tangent of the plate and napkin and the fuzz on the bottom edge of the other napkin.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting so quickly and thanks for the compliments. I have a good pizza picture of you. Watch your email.
Did you eat the salad? Were you still hungry? I felt like I could have reached in and taken something off the plate. Good Job.
ReplyDeleteI don't think anyone tried the food. We were too concerned with presentation, lighting and shooting. We had to get out before 4pm so that they could reset all the tables we disrupted. Maybe the dessert people had a taste!
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