Dirty Tricks Behind Food Photography

[timmy]

Delicious roast beef - Motor oil and shoe polish

Motor oil is rubbed onto the outside of the beef, shoe polish on the sliced part, and the carrots sprayed with WD-40 to make them shiny.

[timmy]

Frosty Glass - Deodorant

Spray-on deodorant is used to give the glass a frosty look. For large droplets, glycerin is used.

[timmy]

Fresh coffee - Dish soap or motor oil

These bubbles are made by carefully applying dish soap or oil to the top of the coffee rim, which makes these bubbles stay put for photographing.

[timmy]

Sour cream - Motor oil and shaving cream

Shaving cream is mixed with motor oil to give it a plump, appealing texture and help it stay still while being photographed.

[timmy]

Crispy chicken skin - motor oil

Motor oil is rubbed on a large, plump chicken and a blowtorch is applied to cause the skin to crisp up. the inside is still raw!

[timmy]

Things floating on soup - motor oil container

An empty motor oil container is just under the surface of the coup, which lets the toppings float on top more easily.

[timmy]

People eating - Motor oil

These people look very real, but in reality they are just mannequins decorated with motor oil.

 

http://imgur.com/gallery/8NJNp

[mettastar]

32 minutes ago, timmy said:

People eating - Motor oil

These people look very real, but in reality they are just mannequins decorated with motor oil.

 

http://imgur.com/gallery/8NJNp

lol veedevado frustration lo unnattunnadu motor oil meda 

[Risky]

Just now, mettastar said:

lol veedevado frustration lo unnattunnadu motor oil meda 

vuncle how is weather ?

[Prabhas_Fan]

[Risky]

5 minutes ago, Prabhas_Fan said:

[citizenofIND]

Spray perfume too 

[MRI]

58 minutes ago, Risky said:

vuncle how is weather ?

rofl

[Risky]

24 minutes ago, MRI said:

rofl

[Risky]

42 minutes ago, citizenofIND said:

Spray perfume too 

yes