As a photographer I'm always looking for projects that will challenge me.
Although we specialize in product, people, and food photography, I find food projects some of the most fun.
Two years ago we shot our first all food Holiday Fantasy Foodscape project. Well, we've shot another one this year. I can't lie, London based photographer Carl Warner ( the Godfather of Foodscapes ) is a big influence on my images.
This year I wanted to do a "Candy Fantasy" theme with a touch of Dr. Seuss for all us kids at heart.
Here is the list of ingredients. See how many you can identify.
Hammond's Classic Handmade lollipops
Idahoan Potato Flakes
Hand of Buddha
Large marshmallows
Small marshmallows
Pink and white marshmallows
White cotton candy
Ribbon candy
Old fashion rolled oats
Cocoa
Brownie mix
candy canes
Peppermint candy balls
Candy stars
White peppermint bark
White M&M's
Silver & White candy balls
White frosting
Toasted coconut
Red & White sprinkles
Cauliflower
Dark Chocolate
Peppermint chips
Rosemary
Hope you enjoy how this Candy Fantasy came together.
A big THANK YOU to food stylist Sarah Hunt and assistant Casey Dobbins for helping on this project!
Extra food and candy were donated to http://www.sunflowerhouse.org/
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| These shots can get a little messy. Some seamless paper helps with the clean-up. |
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| The basic foundation. |
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| The basic landscape shape. |
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| Once we got the basic shape I started to add the snow. |
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| A little cocoa adds a little different color to the landscape. |
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| Starting to experiment with where to place everything. |
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| Food stylist Sarah Hunt working on the house. |
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| Assistant Casey Dobbins putting the windows and door on the house. |
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| Placing candy and white asparagus on the mountains. I later decided they didn't work and replaced them. |
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| Adding pink and white marshmallows to the front yard. |
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| Decided to make this a sunset scene and started to add some color gels to the lights. |
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| Final set. I shot the cotton candy clouds and chimney smoke separately and added them in post. |
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| Some of the candy and food we used. |
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| Sarah got tons of options for the shot. Awesome job Sarah! |
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| Final Image |
