food lighting

mince pies
Originally uploaded by harvey30887

looks like a simple shot but it took over 50 attempts to get to this stage an their is still so much more to do. I am going to retake this shot again and use fairy light and holly ( appose to basil leaf ) to jazz the background up.
I used one light from the left and a white mount board to the right to soften the shadows created by the elechrome. The background is a sheet of A3 paper , i used a 50mm lens at F1.8 to get the depth of field.
Looking at other photographers work, i think next time i am going to add more background elements now i have practiced focusing on the food. needs more eye catching features.