This soup is one of my all time favorites. Its a low carb taco soup that I found when I was trying to do the Keto diet. The soup is so good that I had to tell my dad not to eat it in order to get this photo.
Ingredients
Ground Pork
Rotel
Cream Cheese
Chicken Broth
Taco Seasoning
Props
This is probably the most props I have used in all my food photos. However, they all compliment the main dish and therefore make sense to use.
When using fresh ingredients such as the avocado, lime, and cilantro it is important that they look fresh. Make sure the avocado and lime do not have any nasty brown spots and the cilantro is not wilting or turning yellow. I got lucky with this avocado being at the perfect ripeness for this photo. A trick I use to keep cilantro looking fresh longer is cutting the steams when I get home so that they have fresh ends and placing them in a glass jar with some water before putting the bunch in the fridge. Another trick I used to make the fresh ingredients look fresher was spraying them with water for a dewy fresh look.
When arranging your probs for an image you have to be able to lead the viewer through the image while still informing them what the main focus should be. The taco soup is the main focus, therefore I placed the bowl up front and all the other ingredients are a little more out of focus and are just there to compliment the soup.
Final Tips
Like my other food images my main source of light is on the left side of the frame. This caused harsh shadows on the right side of the image under the soup bowl and cheese bowl. I lighted the shadows by adding a white fill card on the right side. As I have said in the post before this one this side lighting gives the food more texture.
Incase anyone wanted to try this delicious soup I included the cookbook layout I created in my studio photography class.