C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me!

Samples from a tasty shoot for my cousin’s cookie business: Something Baked. The photos will be used on her website, and were featured in a recent review on a local food blog: Phoenix Bites – Get Baked.

Notes from the shoot:

• I still haven’t perfected the white balance settings when using the light tent. I used a gray card this time to help, but still found myself adjusting lighting and tone in photoshop afterwards. It was an improvement, and required less editing time than my first attempt, but still stands to be streamlined.
• Arranging the collage also took some trial and error and getting the borders even remains tedious. I think if I used the stroke effect on the layers more effectively I’d save myself a lot of time and the borders would be more aligned and proportionate.
• Otherwise, I’m generally pleased with this final product. And as good as they look, they tasted even better!

Alternative titles:

• Inception 2: Sweet Dreams
• Toki-Doki‘s last treat
• Goodbye sweet world
• Death’s favorite cookie
• Fatal attraction

Photo details:

• Exposure: 0.6
• Aperture: f/25.0
• Lens: 100 mm f/2.8 macro
• External flash
• Light tent with two external lamps