People who know me, even only a little, quickly learn I'm a cookie monster with a particular weakness for chocolate chips (which I put in everything possible). I cannot be trusted to share them fairly even when I mean well - no willpower. I made these a few weeks ago and of course there are none left. But I've been thinking of them for the past few hours and decided to post this in memory of a great batch. I can't make another batch as I'll just each them.
I'm with you on this particular weakness. I would say you have a tad more restraint than I, as they would not have lasted long enough for me to grab a great shot like this!
@stray_shooter Hehe! I was mailing half to my mom, who has just moved into assisted living. I did have to box them as soon as they cooled and tape them shut, but I felt it was the right thing to do!
Taffy -- this is great food photography! You've staged it so well with the focus on the cookies and the stacking to give them dimension, and the background jar of cookies and milk are perfect companions. I've been thinking a lot about food photography and how people really do a great job doing more than photographing how I do it: Here is the food I am photographing. So literal and documentation mindset. Tribute to your cookies well made!
@jyokota Thanks for the analysis of the scene! I too it with my iPhone but did end up trying to stage it after the first few didn't look that interesting. I had thought to make it into a card to include with the cookies I was mailing to my mom, but then didn't do it, and forgot about posting it for awhile. But tonight when I went back to it, I did kind of like the way it had come out. I put the milk and other cookies in to block out the reflections from the mirror behind and all the distractions from the background. I'm glad you noticed that!
These look delicious. I too have a soft spot for chocolate chip cookies. In fact, I used to own a cookie bakery where we made giant chocolate chip cookies from scratch everyday. Often we filled them with a big slab of chocolate mint chip ice cream or mocha almond fudge. You should bake more-share them with the neighbors.
They look perfect Taffy! When I have made these they come out much bigger and flatter. Mind you they still taste delicious and don’t last long enough for a photo!
Oh my these look good! The glass of milk and the filled cookie jar in the background are perfect additions to this image. I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies this week to mail to my son who is still isolated and working from home. He calls my care packages “mom cookies”. I wish I had taken a photo, I didn’t even think of doing that. Do you use the Toll House recipe on the back of the chip package?
Yummy but “sisterly” advice, sugar and sodium isn’t that healthy and on these trying times it’s difficult and scary to get sick.Stay safe and healthy💕🤎💕
@fbailey No, didn't stack...this is just an iPhone shot. When I use iPhone, I've found it does well re DoF but I have to get the composition right as it isn't that forgiving in LR for fixing lines.
@joysfocus Thanks Joy! No secret to the shape...I just make sure my hands are really clean (especially now!) and I use a regular teaspoon with a rounded shape to scoop, and then just by hand turn them into relatively round-ish balls for cooking.
@jyokota I can't remember whether these were the sourdough or the regular. I thought the standard recipe was better. Sourdough didn't seem to add much and I didn't like the texture as well as I do the original.
Normally this photo would have ruined any resolve I had to not eat chocolate as I'm supposed to be watching my sugar intake. However since there are grandchildren arriving tomorrow and I will be celebrating one of their birthdays on Sunday- this hasn't hurt my resolve at all. Of course Sunday won't come fast enough now! Yum!!!
They look sumptuous. I confess, I share your passion for cookies with chocolate chips ...they have to have chocolate chips, even my breakfast cereal has chocolate chips. Friends and family know me so well, birthdays and Christmas, all I get given are cookies and coffee.
The main thing I do is I'm generous with both the chips and chopped walnuts. But I don't pack the brown sugar.
So of course I love the image!