High Key Fruit Photography

A recent assignment required me to photograph fruit in such a way as to show the freshness of the product. I thought a nice white high key type background would be appropriate. The fruit was carefully cut into halves, and some cut into nice thin even slices. Bright colourful, contrasting produce was selected - better to stand out on the stark white background.





 

The fruit was arranged on a small light table - a transparent white plastic surface, with a curved endless background. A softbox was placed on one side - to shoot light across the fruit, and due to the unavailability of a short background light stand, or even any sort of reflector, a bare bulbed light was placed on a stand behind the light table and slightly off to one side. Turned out OK anyway!This light was approx. two stops brighter than the softbox.

Here is a photograph of the actual setup -

 

 

Prior to shooting any actual products - the custom white balance was set - and of course the Colorchecker Passport was photographed. (It goes without saying really!) Camera settings mainly used for this shoot - F6.3  1/125  ISO 100  Custom WB. However there were of course some adjustment to theses settings, depending on lenses and distance from subject of lights and/or camera.

 

 

Here are some examples of the results from this shoot.

 

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