By Bill Webb
Exploded Deli Club by Bill Webb (f 4.5, 1/10, ISO 400)
For our recent ‘Food’ topic, I chose to try one of those exploded shots we see sometimes. Folks have since asked if it was a bunch of Photoshop layers. The answer is ‘no.’
Here’s how I did it.
Photo 1 – Exploding sandwich photograph setup
Photo 1 shows my lights and supports set-up in the kitchen. I set up two stands and ran solid wire between them to make the ‘shelves’ onto which I would place the sandwich makings. I had an LED panel as main light positioned at camera left and a small LED fill (about 15 percent power) on top of the camera.
Photo 2 – Exploding sandwich layers attached to wires
When that was all set up, I disassembled my Jason’s sandwich and carefully positioned the pieces on the layers of wire as you see in Photo 2. I checked exposure and lighting to get the background dark and the sandwich well-lit. I took the shot.
Photo 3 – Exploded Deli Club final image
Then in Photoshop, I used spot healing and cloning to remove the wires. Voilà – an exploded sandwich (Photo 3).
The last step was to reassemble the sandwich and have lunch!
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