I put the pizza on the kitchen table, bring in my floor lamp to put near it, and stand on a chair for the 90 degree angle shots.
StormCloud Wrote:
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> I've always done just fine with the photos, and
> they are easy for me... HOWEVER, just lately, I
> got an email from the MSC that my photos "were a
> little bit fuzzy", and asking if I had any other
> photos. I took them just like I always do. I
> checked them in my photo software, and after
> upload to the MSC. They didn't look fuzzy to me,
> they looked pretty sharp. They said they'd submit
> and see what the client thought. The client must
> have approved, as I was paid in just a couple of
> weeks.
>
> Oh, and on my first one, I accidentally didn't
> make the photos big enough. But that was my
> fault, and I was able to fix it.
>
> Just one tip, though, that might make the photos
> easier... the instructions talk about putting the
> pizza on the floor for the 90 degree angle shots.
> I wouldn't put my pizza on the floor if you paid
> me ten times what the pay is! Floors just aren't
> for food, even in a box. And, I have dogs. So...
> what works beautifully for me, is to open the oven
> door and set the pizza in it's box there. The lid
> props against the open oven, and holds the little
> tag that is supposed to be in the photos. It's
> low enough I can easily get a perfectly framed
> photo from 90 degrees. Then I put the pizza on
> the stovetop with the lid propped against the wall
> behind, and sit on a stool to take the side view.
> (I can't lean over long enough to get a photo ~
> bad back.)
>
> Even with the pizza on the oven door, I've had to
> make sure there are no dog noses in the photos. :
> )