Wedding cake

[SimpleJoee]

So basically my mum has her own cake business, where she makes cakes!! (I'm easily amused) Anyway, she made this Wedding cake this week for a couple who got Married earlier on today in Monmouth. The effort I've seen her put into these cakes is just surreal, countless hours go into these, and she has a 35 hour a week job as well. Hats off to you mum. So I asked if she wanted some nice photo's, or attempted nice photos and offered to come along.

Here are my more favourite photo's from this morning.

I've still got so much to learn from settings, to angles, to photoshop etc... but I do feel I am slowly improving my ability to take a decent photo.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Nice looking cake. I'd say take more note of the background as you've got several there were the window frame is going through the top figures (which doesn't look good).

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Definitely improve your positioning and background. You want something pretty plain ideally.
Nice shots to start with though.

 

[Jay_A]

A reflector would help you get more natural light on the cake without over doing the lighting.

 

[SimpleJoee]

Just to add, I bought this camera (Canon 750D 18-50mm lens) a month ago and I've still got countless things I'm unsure on. @Jeff simply I take it you're referring to the 'rule of the third' or something? I've briefly scanned what it means, but I never seem to remember it when taking shots. As for now it's just point, click, edit. I'm starting to learn the difference in ISO/exposure/shutter speeds, and I'm also looking into getting a tripod at some point as free hand photo's never come out too great.

Thanks for the feedback though guys.

 

[Geddes]

Really nice looking wedding cake that. I'd be very pleased to get that. Could try and do some blurry backgrounds like at f3.5 on your kit lens iirc if doing close up shots.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

@SimpleJoee no idea pal. Just that a busy background isn't what you want when you're shooting an item. Someone else mentioned using a different aperture to make the background blurry which would be also good to learn how to do.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Your'e not going to get that much blur at that distance though with a kit lens. Best thing to do on a budget, hang an ironed, white sheet behind the cake. Place the cake on a nice stand (like you have) a couple of feet away and try that. Get decent light in the room too, natural if you can.

 

[Andy.]

You could also try a DIY lightbox... they work really well.

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Inexpensive-Photography-Lightbox

I did it a few years ago when I was bored:

How to make a lightbox - Part 3 by .monk3y, on Flickr

Clio 197 by .monk3y, on Flickr

Reflecting on myself by .monk3y, on Flickr

 

[bozothenutter]

Could do the same with a sheet suspended from the ceiling.
That's what I did when having to photograph products