Usually photographers/food stylist will use colored mash potatoes in "ice cream" shots. Because of the hot lights and short attention span of firm real ice cream. I wanted to use the real stuff.
So I used a rolled up pair of pink socks in the bowl to adjust my lighting and place my background. I probably had about a minute before the ice cream started to melt. As you can see, it started to do just that. At least it looks real. The hero stuff is store bought strawberry ice cream, sliced strawberries, a single ginger cookie, and some shaved chocolate.
Shot with the Nikon D70, 50mm 1.4 lens set at f.1.4, ISO was 400, shutter speed 1/400th. Lighting was natural sunlight through diffusion on the window. Light was bounced back into the shot using reflectors.
The ice cream just might be consumed at lunch.....
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