I wanted to spend on a lighting tent. Konon bila tangkap gambar dalam tu akan jadi lagi cantik. Asked AbdRhmn and he said no need. Sebab kat my house ada space and I already know how to make my own background.
So I googled on "how to take a professional picture of a cake". Tapi tengok semua pun tulis lebih kurang like I always do when it comes to take a picture.
This is my version of "how to take a professional picture of a cake". Even if you're not a photographer. Think about it, penat-penat buat cake berjam-jam. Tapi gambar tak cantik. Food orang akan makan so what's left are only the pictures.
You don't need a DSLR. A basic camera will do. Or even camera phone pun ok.
DOs :
1. Create a background for your cake.
2. Take pictures kat tempat terang.
3. Take all angles of the cake even if you're going to use only one picture.
4. Same as above, capture sebanyak mungkin gambar sebab bila masuk dalam computer, tak semua gambar nampak cantik.
DON'Ts :
1. Nampak background ada kain lap or dirty dishes or benda-benda yang tak sesuai ada dalam gambar. Unless kalau memang tu semua props.
2. Gambar gelap. Even bila edit kat computer pun tak boleh nak betulkan.
3. Tangkap gambar cake in a cake box or cookies in plastic. Tak cantik.
Examples :
(All pictures below are my pictures and my creations. Most of them dah berzaman like 2-3 years ago)
Never do this.
Tangkap gambar cupcakes dalam box siap nampak benda-benda kat tepi yang tak patut.
A very bad example.
Gelap, in a box, keliling sepah.
Designs pun tak cantik. Eeeii siapa la buat cupcakes ni :p
In plastic pun tak boleh juga.
Sebab nampak reflection lampu/flash bagai.
Or unless if you buat gubahan cookies dalam bakul.
Dah siap packaging everything and nak tangkap gambar as a whole. Kalau macam itu tak apa la.
This was what I used to do.
Guna kertas keras.
But I don't like the fact nanti dalam gambar nampak the line of kertas bercantum tu.
And plus kalau cookies/cupcakes berminyak, kertas tu kena buang.
Ni masa baru sangat buat cookies in 2010.
Didn't know what to use as background so I used penutup Tupperware.
Ni gambar behind the scene.
Tapi bila tangkap from top view, jadi macam ni.
This is the picture I uploaded kat my website dulu.
Not bad la kan.
Ni sekarang.
I'm using kain.
Easy to basuh bila ada cookie crumbs merata.
Top view.
Kan kemas. Hee puji sendiri.
Ni kalau tangkap gambar cake.
Just sangkutkan kain tu kat a place lagi tinggi.
Guna kain and there's no line.
Colours of the background is totally up to you.
Beli je banyak-banyak colour kain murah kat Jakel tu.
Or even tudung yang plain tak jarang pun ok.
But make it special for tangkap gambar je.
To me, kalau tangkap gambar untuk letak at your business's website, at least make an effort untuk letak gambar yang sedap di pandang. Not only sedap di makan. Cause all these are work of art. Sayang kalau penat-penat buat tapi gambar tak cantik.
If you upload kat instagram saja-saja, then it's ok untuk tak kemas sangat sebab tu macam laidback kind of picture place. Unless if you use instagram as a your business's website la. Then that's unacceptable.
It makes a huge deal ok. Cake cantik mana pun tapi kalau gambar tak cantik, not many yang akan view. I saw this one company yang jual cakes. They have the best pictures. Padahal gambar a simple cupcake with sprinkles je. But I still click to view besar-besar everytime they upload new picture even if their cake design biasa-biasa je. See the power?
Last but not least, people put a lot of efforts to make a cake sampai la upload gambar ke website. So for one to simply steal the pictures for both personal or business use, is just something yang tak dapat dimaafkan. Please faham and respect people punya effort. Hee just an advise :)
Hope my tips are helpful.
