Monday, March 2, 2009

Jalapeno (Hal-ah-payn'-yo)!

Hey! What can I say, I'm into complementary colors these days!

After a trip to Central Market on Saturday afternoon, I felt compelled to assemble this salad bowl full of color.

I shot this from above with my main "walking around" zoom telephoto lens, looking down on the bowl, while standing on a small ladder. The soft light comes from an AB800 flash, shot through a huge (for me) soft box, 45 degrees camera left. The bowl is sitting on a piece of black foamcore, used as a horizontal backdrop, and there's a piece of white foamcore used as a reflector on the back side of the bowl, camera right.

I like the complementary red-green color combination and the simple geometry of all these veggies.

-CG TTL