I had the first chance to use my excellent new professional strobe that I bought with all of my birthday loot. My friend R.’s sister, Jennie, has a new low-carb store and needed some photos taken of her food. I brought my camera and strobe and some backdrops that I have been using for eBay product shots. Considering that I’ve never done this before, I’m really stoked that it turned out as well as it did–much better than I expected.

I did learn a couple things for next time around:

• Smoothies need to be poured directly into the bottom of the cup so that the chocolate lining doesn’t flow down the side of the cup.
• There’s something in the smoothies that gives it a grainy look. We might want to leave that out of the drink next time around.
• We need a more specular reflector to light the front side so that the chocolate syrup looks as glossy as possible.
• I should bring some nice glasses to make the smoothies in.
• I need a wider backdrop.