For years we have photographed ice cream. Lately, we have been shooting a lot of both stills and video ice cream projects. Both fake and real ice cream photography have their challenges but by far some of the hardest photography you will ever do is real ice cream.
The obvious is that real ice cream melts. But what may not be so obvious are all the other factors that effect real ice cream shots. Here are just a few:
Studio humidity
Studio temperature
Freezer temperature
Ice cream temperature to get the right barking on the scoop
Types of nuggets, nuts, chocolate ribbons, carmel ribbons, etc that is in the ice cream.
Temperature of the ice cream bar coating
Fat content of the ice cream
etc., etc., etc.
Although ice cream photography isn't brain surgery, it's one of the closest think you'll come to it as a photographer.
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| Stills from a recent video shoot |
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| Stills from a recent video shoot |
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| Stills from a recent video shoot of a coke float on a spinning turn table |
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| doing a final check of the glass and product |
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| what you don't see is a clear tube inside the glass holding up the ice cream |
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| using my 10x glasses to make sure the chocolate coating is just right |
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| orange cream popcicle |
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| A basket of dry ice hovering over the set to keep the ice cream from melting |
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| lots of ice cream scoops |
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| food stylist perfectly positioning ice cream in the bowl |
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| lighting test |
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| Lot's of ice cream sandwich options |
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| dueling 10x glasses |
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| Adding sauce and nuggets to the scoop |
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| food stylist having fun |
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| food stylist holding fake ice cream |
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| the real thing |
Thanks, Tiffany for all the great behind the scenes photos.
