Cakes and Table Settings

Hi guys,

Just wodnering how everyone shot their cakes/table settings what camera settings...

depends on how much ambient light is available, if I'm using flashes, if I'm using a tripod, what lens I'm using, and what effect I want. There is no set camera setting for this because the situtations can be so different. It's best to learn your manual camera settings and play with it until your happy. Sorry I wish I could give you a formula but it isn't quite that easy.

...depends too if it's single layered, multi-tiered, ornamented or naked, iced or creamed, fruit or chocolate, white or dark ...... CRAP: HUNGRY NOW!!!

yummm wedding cake your making me hungry for it too! lol

Back to the original question...

One of the main things to consider is the correct exposure. Most cakes are decorated with white icing and they tend to be placed on a white table cloth - so if you meter off this ensure you set about +1 stop(ish) exposure compensation or adjust manually to achieve this. You will usually have the chance to 'chimp' this so just check the histogram and ensure you don't clip the highlights (The RH side of the histogram)
You will be able to lighten slightly in post-processing to bring the white back if needs be, but you can't recover burnt-out whites so whatever you do don't over expose.

Also try to do something a bit different to the usual 'cake on a table' shot - By all means get this as a 'record' shot but try to be creative using shallow depth-of-field and/or unusual angles etc.