Pizza anyone?

ScoupeScoupe Registered Users Posts: 88 Big grins
edited October 28, 2009 in People
My brother-in-law has a pizza joint and asked me to take a couple promo shots, so today we took a few product shots and used one of his employees as the model. For down and dirty pro bono work, I think they're okay. Comments more than welcome. I have thick skin.

The sandwich shots were not planned, brother-in-law sprung them on me in between pizza takes. I didn't get to reset the lights for them, so we got some unfortunate shadows. He's happy though, and I'm not totally embarrassed.

The young gal, Chloe, really took direction well. Having worked with employees as models and spokespersons a lot in corporate video, I know it can be a nightmare getting a good smile, or heaven forbid, a good script read, from "the help". I got lucky on this shoot.

1. The Gorilla Challenge Pizza. One pizza, one hour, $500. They've paid that $500 out three times over the last couple years.
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2. The delicious Chicken Philly
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3. The even better Sirloin Philly
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Comments

  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2009
    Can I come and have a party and eat all of those?rolleyes1.gif

    Yes, the shadows on 2 and 3 are a bit annoying, but 1 is a winner.......if it was not for the round shadow to the right of her right hand....
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  • ScoupeScoupe Registered Users Posts: 88 Big grins
    edited October 17, 2009
    Mr. Quiet wrote:
    Can I come and have a party and eat all of those?rolleyes1.gif

    Yes, the shadows on 2 and 3 are a bit annoying, but 1 is a winner.......if it was not for the round shadow to the right of her right hand....

    Yeah, good catch. I can clone that out pretty easy. It was tricky getting everything lined up just right, her, the pizza light, the pizza and her key. About half the shots, that shadow isn't there. But the best takes have it, of course!

    Okay, here it is sans aforementioned shadow:

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  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2009
    Bingo!



















    Now if you could just take away the one on the ceiling....
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  • gavingavin Registered Users Posts: 411 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2009
    Perspective on the first shot is AWSOME for promoting. That pizza looks HUGE. And actually sitting here right now I want to go there and try it.

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  • ScoupeScoupe Registered Users Posts: 88 Big grins
    edited October 18, 2009
    Mr. Quiet wrote:
    Bingo!



    Now if you could just take away the one on the ceiling....

    That one stays. Ugh. There's a beam there that was giving me a horrible time. It looks better as a shadow than a wierd highlight. About the time I thought I had a work around, I broke my transmitter by pushing a cable into it too hard, and couldn't trigger the lights anymore. Got it up and running at home later and we'll most likely reshoot this week some time.

    Thanks Gavin! That was exactly what we're trying to convey - that pie is BIG!
  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2009
    Scoupe wrote:
    That one stays. Ugh. There's a beam there that was giving me a horrible time. It looks better as a shadow than a wierd highlight. About the time I thought I had a work around, I broke my transmitter by pushing a cable into it too hard, and couldn't trigger the lights anymore. Got it up and running at home later and we'll most likely reshoot this week some time.

    It is still a great shot though!

    Hope it works out this time!
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  • JayClark79JayClark79 Registered Users Posts: 253 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2009
    food definently looks good... and look at those rolls thumb.gif all flaky mmmmmmmmm sorry im a bread man

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  • PhotosbychuckPhotosbychuck Registered Users Posts: 1,239 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2009
    Very Good shots thumb.gif


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  • GringriffGringriff Registered Users Posts: 340 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2009
    Scoupe wrote:

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    Yum Yum- That's my kind of pizza. I would love to take that Gorilla Challenge. Man am I hungry now.
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  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2009
    Man I was not going to say anything, but now go got me hungry again!clap.gifclapclap.gif
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  • ScoupeScoupe Registered Users Posts: 88 Big grins
    edited October 25, 2009
    Re-shoot today
    We had a chance to try again. I simplified the lighting and used a friendlier angle. I think I'm a lot happier with this result - other than ending up broad lighting her. *sigh*

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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2009
    I prefer an earlier one, myself. I'm not crazy about that last one; It looks like her head is attached to/coming out of the pizza to me ne_nau.gif
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2009
    ivar wrote:
    I prefer an earlier one, myself. I'm not crazy about that last one; It looks like her head is attached to/coming out of the pizza to me ne_nau.gif

    A Head-Cheese Pizza? rolleyes1.gif Sorry.....
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  • D'BuggsD'Buggs Registered Users Posts: 958 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2009
    The colours have more punch in the 2nd shot - I see why you like it... Maybe if you fiddled with the contrast of her garment or even painted it a med-darkish blue, her head might seperate from the pizza better. headscratch.gifne_nau.gif
  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2009
    I concur with the rest of these guys, the first one was much better.....sorry....
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