i was trying to re-create this https://365project.org/summerfield/365-still/2018-04-23 for this week's 52 frames 'food photography' challenge. i couldn't make a go of the lighting so i had to use the rim lights which made the ice cream melt rather faster than i wanted it to. i even opened the windows and the door to the balcony but the heat from the lights were just too much for the prop. it didn't help that the ice cream was already soft. i should've put it in the deep freeze rather than the fridge freezer. the cherry kept sinking i had to take it out three times.
another problem was that i wasn't so keen on doing this but i have no other ideas for the challenge as the food i eat are rather boring. maybe i should just buy some readymade mashed potato and colour it with chocolate syrup so the 'ice cream' wouldn't melt at all.
bah, tomorrow's another day and i shall try to try again.
itiofd, i put the ice cream back in the container and put it in the deep freeze this time. i shall bring it to my niece's dinner at Christmas.😂
An absolutely delicious looking composition. I think you did a remarkable job of re-creating the original. I also love that the spoon has lots of melted ice cream. FAV
Well, I think it’s a terrific setup and I think the melted ice cream on the spoon makes it seem abandoned, which to me makes a terrific story photo. What could possibly make someone abandon that delicious looking sundae?
@myhrhelper - hang in there, my friend. i did it last year and you, too, can do it. the trick is not to starve yourself. i am a chocolate monster as well as other nice yummy stuff. i buy this oh-so-good gluten free ginger cookie and normally, i would just devour half the bag or even the whole bag in one sitting. but i learned to eat just one every other day for my lunch dessert. what i would do is have a small bite and savor it for as long as i could. i would 'stretch' it and it worked for me over time. now i'm disgusted if i would have the whole cookie all at once. so i think it's just a matter of training yourself as well as your palate to have just a little. totally depraving yourself of things you want is the worst thing you can do to yourself. so treat yourself once in a while, even just a tiny bit of morsel. then go do something else to take your mind off it. ♥
