Aebleskiver

Aebleskiver
Originally uploaded by The Eye of Brad

Breakfast is a great invention. I am a big fan of sleeping, even bigger fan of sleeping in. About the only good thing about waking up on the weekend is Breakfast. It helps that my Wife is a trained Chef. As you would imagine this gives me lots of opportunities for food photography.
My wife decided that this morning would be a good time to try and make Aebleskivers. Our kitchen contains just about every pot, pan, gadget, and spice you would find in a commercial kitchen or good restaurant. Now a special pan is required to do this and she did get one last week so I knew they would happen sooner or later. Now you could just toss them in a bowl or plate and eat but that's not how we roll around here. She made up a show plate with powdered sugar and raspberry syrup and before I thought twice I proceeded to start eating it. After finishing the first of the four Aebleskivers I looked down at the artwork I just just smeared and said doh. That was one really nice plate to not photograph. Luckily for me she was already making the second plate and it was better than the first.
This would be a good time to point out the two types of photography I do, candid and planned. When I do planned shots there is usually lights involved, gear, diagrams, and my big SLR Cameras. For candid work I have started using a small camera called the LX3. It's a point and shoot with Full manual controls, a hot shoe, and a wide f2 Leica lens.
The Aebleskiver breakfast shot is candid. It's mostly natural light was done with the LX3. I have a 8'x4' window behind me with the blinds rotates to block direct sun and bounce it at the plate. There is a xenon light fixture directly above the plate adding some rim and top fill. The camera has a very good macro focus and at f2 you do get some bokeh even with such a tiny lens.
As always it was shot in RAW mode. I used lightroom to develop shot. I did remove some saturation from the background and darken it a bit. I also tweaked the colors of the crust vs syrup to give them a bit more separation.
I am happy with how this came out for a candid and was even happier when I stopped shooting and ate the rest of my breakfast. Good Eats.