I had it in mind to have really crisp white images with the pop of colour coming from the berries but I didn't count on colour coming out of the berries
I also had the issue of the berries (and bubbles) moving.
And this is why most food photographers fake it ;) Glue, resin, whatever looks similar enough. These days they can clean up anything in post, so that's a help too.
Anyway, yours looks good! Especially the lemon shots. Really nice!
Yeah, they use all sorts of tricks to make things look good...I'm not an edit my photos sort of guy, I don't know how to use the software and would rather present my photos honestly anyway. It's not like I have anyone to impress or the photos are for commercial use. Life is imperfect and my photos are too. I'm ok with that.
I'm going to have another go at this after I do some more preparation and when I have more time. It will be interesting to see how the photos may differ. I learned a few things that will cause me to do things a little differently and I'm keen to give it a try, when I get some time.
In the meantime, I did some shots of lavender (one of my favourite things to photograph) and I'll post them on Saturday. I'm much happier with how they turned out...they stayed still during the shoot. Lol.
I hear you, man. When I started in photography, I learned all the tricks. I started with film, so I learned dodging and burning and other darkroom techniques. When I moved to digital, I learned all the same with Photoshop. About 15 years ago I was at the forefront of the HDR game, which is a hack to increase the range of digital photos to around what we can get from medium format film. But just as everyone was embracing that and as I was getting some internet fame for doing the same, I suddenly saw it all as phony and abandoned it. I returned to analog for a time. Real lo-fi analog like the Holga. If you don't know that camera, it was a cheap plastic medium format camera made by China in the 70s. It's shit quality, giving all kinds of light leaks and other imperfections. But exactly for that, it has become a favorite in the lofi photography world.
I've since moved back to digital again, but I no longer edit my photos much, beyond fixing some exposure mistakes. As you say, life is imperfect. I want to show reality, imperfections and all.
Anyway, I look forward to your lavender shots on Saturday!
I couldn't have said it better, because I don't know all that stuff! Lol.
Seriously though, I would rather present the reality of the situation, the imperfections, and if people don't like it because it's not perfect, I'm ok with that, I do it for me anyway..
Lavender coming hot. 😀