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New Client Welcome: La Petite Souris

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

This week a welcoming round of applause goes out to a new client: La Petite Souris. La Petite Souris and chocolatier Amber work hard to create fairly traded and delicious chocolate, with may of the ingredients coming from local suppliers. Hailing from the Sunshine Coast, Amber’s chocolates are easy to order through her website for any special occasion, or even if it’s a Tuesday and you’re craving chocolate, because we all need a continuous supply of chocolate in our lives, don’t you agree?

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Considering the late 19th century/early 20th century Arts & Crafts movement designer William Morris, Amber’s No.1 inspiration, we decided to shoot her chocolate with two goals in mind:

  1. simple photos with minimal styling and props to work with any Morris-style patterned backgrounds she might use in future print or web promotions
  2. rich, saturated colours; luxurious feeling

Yes, we did get to eat the chocolate after the shoot, and yes it was superbly deelish. Thanks Amber!

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chocolate…

Monday, December 29th, 2008
My most recent assignment (in full here) for Urban Diner was to shoot chocolate. Hmm, I said to Paul, let me think about this for a moment, umm YES! I had no idea how much chocolatiers and chocolate shop owners care about their delicious creations, most of which are gone after one or two bites, but they do. And that comes across quite clearly in these shops, as the chocolates are to-die-for (of course I had to sample them!).  Below are the shots from local shops Mink Chocolates, Thomas Haas, Schokolade Artisan Chocolate and Cafe and Chocoatl Chocolate Boutique.
The goal for all of these shots was to feature the chocolate on it’s own, and to introduce viewers to the local options they have when considering premiere chocolate; each had to make the product look great, but also showing a variety between the shops was important.  Each of these photos were shot using natural light and my 5-in-1 reflector/diffusor which is strapped to my camera bag and comes with me everywhere. I highly recommended adding this rather inexpensive tool to your kit , whatever your level and whatever your subject. I find it especially great for shooting indoors when I want to diffuse the natural light coming in from a nearby window, or block the nasty yellow incandescent indoor lights from the object I’m shooting; easily hand-held or clamp to a light stand if you prefer. With all of these but one I made use of the packaging, and in the case of Chocoatl, I included the Christmas tree, for added context.
So the next time you’re in Vancouver and you have a hankering for some local, fabulous chocolate these won’t disappoint.

Mink Chocolates

Mink Chocolates

Schokolade Cafe

Schokolade Cafe

Thomas Haas

Thomas Haas

Chocoatl

Chocoatl

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