Cereal
Crisco is a great way to keep
food in its place but using it totally grosses me out. Something about not being able to get it off my
hands gets me to wonder what is it doing to my body. Crisco is nice for its color in that it kind
of looks like milk but adding real milk on top of the Crisco completes the
illusion.
This image is comprised of
many layers. The spoon was shot first
with Crisco as the base holding the cereal and fruit in place, then a couple of
layers of the spoon with milk in different places. The bowl was added in much the same way,
first the bowl with cereal but without milk, then a couple more layers of the
bowl with the milk in different parts.
Also an overlay was used when shooting the bowl with cereal.
Adding milk is the tricky
part, too much milk and the cereal flakes change their color and texture as
they become soggy, too little milk and the image just doesn’t look right.
I worked with Kimberly
Colburn during this shoot. She is always my first choice whenever I seek a food
stylist. With her help we are a team moving pieces of the puzzle around to
create the most appealing final image possible.
For this project I retouched
the images myself but yes I do use a digital retoucher when needed.
