Best way to capture Ice Cream

Im no stranger to product shots but I've got to do some promo shots of "Knickerbocker glorys" and Waffles. Obviously they need to be shot straight after they are made.

For those who dont know...

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Knickerbocker_g​lory

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Waffle

Up to now it looks like I'm working on-site with natural light. How would you go about this. Im after a vibrant colorful result for an A3 sized menu board

Do not use hot lights

Apart from that: Probabely set up everything, including model and such with a 'dummy' ice cream. Then, if all is right, get the real thing, and shoot fast...

Finally something I know something about. Food styling. Usually if the ice cream is the focus of the shot then you would use "almost" real ice cream. You would make it from scratch and use more binder (gums and gelatin's) than a typical ice cream that you would want to eat. You also use much more MSNF (Milk Solids Non Fat) then a real ice cream would contain. You would also make sure the recipe involves a cooked custard because it will be more stable that way. Temperature of the ice cream depends on the formula. The formula depends on how you want the texture of the scoop to look. I have some ice cream formulas that will scoop up real pretty at 30 degrees F and others that need to below 0. When the ice cream is not the main focus of the shot then it is almost always made out of a cream cheese, custard formula which can be made to look almost exactly like real ice cream.

Best way to capture ice cream? Hijack the Good Humor truck?

RideLD has, I think, the best advice, at least that's what I learned in my Product Photography class way back when.

Mark

Mashed potatoes are good for that while you're setting up.

Food: Shooting food with limited equipment

Just for trivia,
When I was taking a class in Studio Lighting I did Ice Cream as product shot.
What I did was scoop it and then put it back into the freezer until ready to shoot.
Then set up everything with a stand-in for lighting adjustment.

Then grab the Ice cream out of the freezer and started shooting. Good for about 3-5 minutes maximum.

Then eat ice cream.

Worked for me.

mine's this:
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=322417

i'm going back there and gonna try and perfect this shot!

I'd say use a fast shutter speed to freeze the action.........

steve75 wrote in post #3369588
I'd say use a fast shutter speed to freeze the action.........

Quick, call the humour police...

Lame

Years ago (early 90's) when I was a part time assistant to a professional photographer, we had a huge project that involved taking product shots of ice cream dishes (parfaits, sundaes, cobblers, etc). We hired a food artist who used colored whipped wax instead of ice cream. They look exactly like the real thing.

The results are out

http://picasaweb.googl​e.com …photo#508861547​3238924450

the customer is happy with his signs and matching menus etc.

Now for the crit from you lot......

All I ended up using was the 70-200mm f/4L and available light.

Post processing in DXO optics pro and mastering in Photoshop

Saw a Flake in that photo muscleflex. Now I'm hungry damn it.

sando wrote in post #3370551
Quick, call the humour police...

You must mean, the 'Good Humor' police!

Taken from the Unilever website...

"
History – Men in nice white uniforms made "Ice Cream On A Stick" an instant hit!

In 1920, Harry Burt, a Youngstown, Ohio candy maker, created a special treat called the Jolly Boy Sucker - a lollypop on a stick. The same year, while working at his ice cream parlor, Burt created a smooth chocolate coating that was compatible with ice cream. It tasted great, but the new combination was too messy to eat. So, Burt’s son Harry Jr. suggested freezing the wooden sticks that were used for Jolly Boy Suckers into the ice cream. It worked!

Burt called his creation the Good Humor Bar, capitalizing on the then widely held belief that a person’s "humor", or temperament was related to the humor of the palate (sense of taste). Convinced that he had something big on his hands, Burt filed for a patent and it took three years and a personal trip to Washington, D.C. with a five-gallon pail of Good Humor bars before Burt was finally granted exclusive rights to "ice cream on a stick"."

Heres the last beta releases!

http://picasaweb.googl​e.com/canonuseer/MikeH​ammondProject