The subject today is the difficulty to photograph things that are apparently easy. The mission was photographing a simple coffee bean to use the opening of a catalog industry. We started with the task of choosing a grain perfect in shape, texture and crumb well apparent. Nearly 3 hours later to examine 2 pounds of coffee, grain by grain, find at least 4 grains that could be our perfect models. Let us then to the picture. To answer the lay-out the picture would be in final size 20×30 cm, which demand a great quality in the catchment, which would be done with RAW capture each with approximately 12 megapixels. This draw from the scene, the old Sony H9 which is capable of shooting with 3 cm of proximity. Then decided to use a macro to 100 mm, which left the grain with approximately a 1:1 ratio, which was insufficient to achieve the desired proportion. Solution 02: put an inverted lens, which solved the problem of proportion, but returned another, the lens was so close I did shadow, the light that should be hard to emphasize textures. Resolution 3: shoot in the sun, a light that would be a razor shape and solve the problem. Except that photos on external, there is a wind factor that in the slightest breeze insisted swing the granule of coffee. Thanks to a providential chewing gum, I decided the last barrier. Brought to the computer, the image pleased to Elton Lança, the director of art, which participated in the whole process and felt in the skin the joys of an advertising photographer. Time of production: 7 hours.
To justify the title, sometimes a coffee bean is more work to do a cover of Vogue with Angelina Jolie!
