Advice on Dessert (Cakes, sweets etc) Photography

[barfastic]

Hello Everybody,

I got the opportunity to shoot some desserts for a friends patisserie and i want to prepare myself before i get there and do the shoot.
Im doing it free of charge, to help his business out.

I am already considering what gear i want to take.
D300s
Tripod + cable release
Nikon 50mm 1.8
Nikon 24-70 2.8
Tokina 11-16 2.8 (maybe use with extension tubes to get a close up of some desserts with wider view of the shop in the background?)
Sigma 150mm (macro, not sure how much space i am going to have and if this would be ideal, but if i need a macro on the spot i can bring extension rings and my 50mm)

as for lighting since winter is almost upon us, lighting isnt ideal, so i have the option of taking strobes with me.
2 strobes (sb 900 + sb 700)
- i have a choice of a 60x60 softbox, a 30x30 softbox and then i have a bunch of modifiers for the sb900 ( Interfit Strobies Portrait kit =[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Beauty Dish[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif], Globe Difuser [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif], Softbox[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif], Barndoor set[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif], Snoot[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif], Honeycomb[/FONT])

Is there anything i am forgeting?

do you guys have any tips? Im thinking of taking my laptop with me, so i can hook it up to my camera so i dont rely on the lcd.

Thanks in advance,

Mike aka Barf

 

[tirediron]

Food photography is a almost a science unto itself. Your list of gear sounds good; if it were me, I would take everything, simply so that I had the greatest degree of flexibility. I would suggest spending some time searching things like "Food photography tutorial".

 

[biggoron]

Be prepared to have things melt or fall apart if there is too much heat. Thats why ice cream commercials use butter or a similar product instead of ice cream. Doesn't melt as quickly.

 

[Robin Usagani]

I probably try my best to use 150mm.

 

[gsgary]

One of the best accessories for food photography is opal perstex which you use as diffusers, i helped a food photographer about a year ago an he swore by it

 

[shootermcgavin]

I prefer to see real pictures of food, I mean when you go to McDonalds you feel like you're getting this awesome piece of meat from the photo and then you get cardboard on a bun... On the flip side I hate when restaurants have no pictures, you just have to assume it's going to be great. If you could post some photos around 11:30 central time so I can check them out and get hungry for lunch... ha ha