So the other day I made up a bunch of pancakes to shoot..... I used a box mix and my biggest concern at the time was getting them all the same size. So anyway, I picked out the best three of the batch and saved them for the pictures.
The first thing I did when it was time to take my pictures, Was to spray SCOTCHGUARD on the cakes, I did all three but Looking at the pictures I really don't think that is really necessary to do, Just the top one or the HERO cake. By now the cakes are not as fluffy as they should be, But this was more of a test than anything else.
So I sat the plate down on the set and aligned the camera for the angle and did my pre-focus. etc. Stacked my cakes with the good one on top, Took some test shots and checked them out, I adjusted from there, To get my final composition the way I wanted. Placed the butter on top. For the real shot I would use pads of butter, but this was testing only. Then poured on the syrup And watched it run right off the cakes onto the plate...... So that was test one..... got a few good pic's. But nothing outstanding. Then I decided to put the syrup in the frig to cool down and run slower....... So the final shot came out better.....
So what one needs is scotchguard to protect the cakes from too much syrup and cold syrup so it doesn't run all over the place while your trying to get your pictures.
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