ALP ASS #2 Food photography

1.What is your intention in terms of how you plan to use the available light?

I plan on using the available light as a fill and for the background.

2. What is the reason for your lens choice?(Do you want the compression of a long lens or the exaggerated perspective of a wide angle, fixed focal length or zoom)?

I will be using a fixed 50mm f1.4 Zeiss standard lens because I want to a normal point of view which wont be distorded and use the shallow depth of field.

3. What aperture do you plan to use and why?  Explain!

I will use around f1.8 to have a shallow depth of field

4. What shutter speed to you plan to use and why?  Explain!

Since I'm shooting at f1.8 I will use a faster shutter speed to get just enough of the background ambient lighting

5. Do you have enough available light to achieve these camera settings?

Yes I do.

6. Do you have enough strobe to achieve these settings?

Yes I will use a profoto d1 air 1000watt

7. What type of available light will you be encountering?

neon
8. How will you be addressing this mixed light situation?

I have a light color meter so first thing I will do is meter the ambient and depending on what I get I will put the necessary gels on my D1, also do 1 shot with a grey card

9. Are there any technical problems that will need to be addressed at the shoot or in post-production?

With my shot with the grey card I will be able to color balance in capture one.

10. What is the equipment you will need for the shoot? 

Camera, 50mm lens, color meter, light meter, LB and CC gels, grey card, tripod, one light stand, smaller reflector, extension cords, laptop, pocket wizards, spare batteries, umbrella and reflector, glycerine, tweezers, can evian water, toothpicks...