aka, my soft lighting assignment. - Derrick

Very nice Derrick! The focus and composition is spot on. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Excellent! :) We have that same cake stand/lid. - Rochelle

S'ok. The shadows are a bit too harsh on the cover, but it took me like five hours to get the light as soft as I got it. ;) - Derrick

Your frosting/decorating skills have shamed me sir. - Sparky

Please, I bought that cake. - Derrick

Cheater. - Sparky

are you diffusing somehow? (ie softbox or sheet or something?) you are simply missing diffused light on/for the cover. or was the assignment only using one light? - Carlos Ayala

I've come to realize there's two ways of doing food photography. 1) You can cook and document as you go, or the final result, etc. or 2) You can assemble a scene from nothing like, on stage, and make it seem as if it was there all along. My teacher who is awesome shoots a LOT of table top, but could care less about food. He might as well be shooting scissors. I've come to realize that I love food and would rather document the stuff I cook. - Derrick

Carlos, the light on the cover is direct and a hot light, scrimmed down a bit. All of the other light is either diffused or bounced. When I took this shot, I was like seven hours in and didn't care. - Derrick

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