Strawberry Pie

cambler

A frame from yesterday's shoot for my 2007 book, which is (seriously!) a cookbook. Real recipes, but each preparation step is modeled in a very Playboy style. This is one of the final frames from the recipe for Strawberry Pie. Not worksafe, of course.

http://journalpix.com/CB-J-0547-S.photo

Scott_Quier

To my mind, that is one of your better shots. I love the humor. However, I wonder abou the glass in front of the pie. Seems to be a serious distractor.

Art Scott

:oogle And how is one supposed to use this cookbook and actually not ruin the item your trying to cook with a distraction like that....

nice pic tho..good taste and I haven't seen STRAWBERRIES :jawdrop like that in years..those are beautiful ...real or fake?

Maestro

That is one heck
of a great shot of strawberries. I have never seen them presented like that. The composition is simply incredible.

cambler

The strawberries are 100% real.

I grew up in Santa Maria, California (and went to college a half-hour north in San Luis Obispo). They grow strawberries on the central coast. They're huge, and incredibly sweet.

My parents still live there, so I called my dad and asked him to get me three flats, pack them in dry ice, and ship 'em up FedEx. About 40% of them arrived in perfect condition, so we used the bruised ones to make the sauce (and a huge batch of strawberry smoothies) and the good ones for the pie top.

If I can get the rest of the shoots done before the end of the year, the book will be released in early 2007

arroyoshark

jeez, I'm almost embarrassed to admit I noticed anything else in the image...but is there something going on with the edge of her left forearm and the background cabinet?

cambler

arroyoshark wrote:

jeez, I'm almost embarrassed to admit I noticed anything else in the image...but is there something going on with the edge of her left forearm and the background cabinet?

Nothing to be embarrassed about - that's part of the goal of a glamour nude, and the model is seriously attractive (and a complete sweetheart, too). I'm not sure I see anything arm/background - can you be more specific?

ian408

John Fogarty once did a song called "Rhubarb Pie"....I don't think this is
what he had in mind but I bet it would work too

Scarhart

Excellent photo! Can't wait for the cookbook ...

There's a slight glow on the top of her left forearm, like you get when you do gaussian blur for the whole frame, then map the model back into focus, but miss a spot. I'm guessing that's what he noticed.

cambler

Scarhart wrote:

Excellent photo! Can't wait for the cookbook ...

There's a slight glow on the top of her left forearm, like you get when you do gaussian blur for the whole frame, then map the model back into focus, but miss a spot. I'm guessing that's what he noticed.

I'll have to look closely - the only photoshop work on the frame is the vignette. I seriously detest "glamour layers" for skin. If the combination of my lighting and the makeup artist can't get the skin right, we're not doing our jobs.

JimM

Another really nice one Chris! She is a doll! I do agree with the glass being a little distracting, I like it in the foreground, but not in the middle of the pie.

Xtopherous

cambler wrote:

Nothing to be embarrassed about - that's part of the goal of a glamour nude, and the model is seriously attractive (and a complete sweetheart, too). I'm not sure I see anything arm/background - can you be more specific?

From what I can tell, I think he's referring to the beveled cabinet that is directly behind her forearm in the shot. It happens to be at the same angle as her arm and due to the light change on the wood (caused by the bevel + where the light was coming from), it looks like a bright blurry smudge behind her arm, especially because her arms goes smoothly from highlight to shadow and sharply back to the highlight on the cabinet.

In the grand scheme of things, it's hardly noticable.

Cantfeelmyfingers

okay i think im the only female replying.. Im not sure I agree with the idea of this cookbook.. but thats besides the point, the glass is distracting, and if this is for a cookbook, maybe,just maybe the food should be a little bit more of the focus? good photo i guess.. i'll be honest and it think its kind of degrading. Oh well. i suppose thats not the point.. anyway, get rid of the glass and the cabinet\forearm problem and you're good to go.jamie.

cambler

Cantfeelmyfingers wrote:

okay i think im the only female replying.. Im not sure I agree with the idea of this cookbook.. but thats besides the point, the glass is distracting, and if this is for a cookbook, maybe,just maybe the food should be a little bit more of the focus? good photo i guess.. i'll be honest and it think its kind of degrading. Oh well. i suppose thats not the point.. anyway, get rid of the glass and the cabinet\forearm problem and you're good to go.jamie.

Well, I respect that you hold that opinion - may I presume that you also find Playboy and Maxim to be degrading to women, even though the women choose to pose of their own free will?

I've already taken the glass out :-)

Xtopherous

cambler wrote:

Well, I respect that you hold that opinion - may I presume that you also find Playboy and Maxim to be degrading to women, even though the women choose to pose of their own free will?

I've already taken the glass out :-)

What she doesn't see is the OOF guy pointing a gun at the woman.

David_S85

Xtopherous wrote:

What she doesn't see is the OOF guy pointing a gun at the woman.

Huh? Please explain.

cambler

David_S85 wrote:

Huh? Please explain.

I believe he's alluding to the oft-quoted, "well, nobody was holding a gun to her head, making her pose for this..."

DavidTO

I'm not sure that we have to hold can'tfeelmyfingers at fault for her feelings about this shot. And I also would hope that more women would feel that they could comment positively or negatively on the image. No need to run them off.

Jeffro

I've checked out some of your work, and liked some more than others. This one strikes me as an attractive naked women, holding a pie....nothing more, nothing less.....but then again maybe that's the point....

cambler

Jeffro wrote:

I've checked out some of your work, and liked some more than others. This one strikes me as an attractive naked women, holding a pie....nothing more, nothing less.....but then again maybe that's the point....

That's exactly the point. It's the final frame in a 10-frame series illustrating how to prepare the pie, done in nudes. Nothing more, nothing less.

wxwax

Got any frying chicken or cooking bacon?

DanielB

wxwax wrote:

Got any frying chicken or cooking bacon?

no...



grilling....

cambler

That's funny... I was actually talking with one of the models for an upcoming set, and I suggested that we change it and do Mexican food, including frying up chili peppers. She turned white at the suggestion - it took all my self-control to keep a straight face for as long as I did.