Another Wedding Cake
Here’s a few more of a new cake I brought home today. There are more wide shots, but the focus is really off. I need to set up another something for a background… I don’t want to have the same curtains in the shot for every cake I shoot.
Having these cakes here without any time constraints or people standing over my shoulder has been great. I’m able to take a bunch of shots and see what works. The one location shoot I did for her was sort of lucky because I hadn’t thought much about what I was going to do. I was really unprepared but managed to make some thing work with what was there. I’m glad I managed, but I want to be more proactive next time around.
Alicia and I were also talking about coming up with some props to include in some of the shots. It’s a great idea, so we’re planning a shopping day sometime soon to hit a few of the discount housewares stores (like Big Lots, Marshall’s, TJ Maxx, etc) to find cheap things to add to the ambiance of the photographs.
Once we’ve accumulated another half dozen or so cakes I’ll put together a bound photo book for her to use as her portfolio when she meets clients and goes to wedding shows.
I really need to finish up her website… another cake or two and I’ll have plenty of images from which I can work up the remaining graphics.
These cakes you’ve been posting are gorgeous - she should do very well :) Does she have a store-front or will these be sold over the internet?
Yeah, Alicia makes a mean cake. And she’s only been doing it seriously for a little over a year now.
Batter Up Cake Company is a home-based business here in Richmond, VA. She does everything by appointment out of her home right now, but the plan is to have a retail/storefront as soon as volume and demand allow.
They taste good, too. :)