Lollipop Photoshoots Behind the Scenes

We hope you have been finding our lollipop photos as beautiful as we do. Like this one of Vanilla-Cardamom:

I could pretty much stare at this all day and not get tired of it!

At one of our recent lolly photoshoots, Kev took a picture of the setup we’ve been using for the solo shots – we thought people might like to see how we’ve hacked together a few strategies that yield great results.

The lollipops are posed in front of a white brick fireplace. There is a little ledge directly above it, almost like a mini-mantel. We pose the lollipop in a hunk of Play-Doh. To get more light on the mini-mantel, we’ve put a compact fluorescent bulb in a task lamp with an adjustable arm, and we’ve wrapped the lampshade with aluminum foil to keep the light from getting too diffuse.

And yes, Kevin’s cat Laser Jet usually oversees the proceedings as shown above. He’s the official art director of This Charming Candy!

photos by Kevin Keeker, of course