EXPIRED FOODS I use as PROPS for Food Photography

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0:00 Intro.
0:26 Expired item #1.
1:38 Expired item #2.
2:29 Expired item #3.
3:35 Outro.

[@TheIrritableVegan]

Genuinely the best food photography props video I've ever seen. In an industry known for waste and expense these hacks are genius.

[@Vindulge]

I do a lot of wine photography so I always always have old wine in the fridge. Red, white, and rosé. Sometimes if I need sparkling I'll just put a white (or rosé) then just before the shot I'll pour some carbonated water in there to give it the bubbly look!

[@TheBiteShot]

Nice!! that's a great hack on the carbonation!!

[@TimWalter-zp5te]

I have a loaf of artisan bread torn in half that's at least five years old. I could drive nails with it, but the tear is just perfect. I have similar cookies, too.

[@donnababylon]

I thought I was the only one with a very old loaf of bread! The crust, the sheen is still perfect! Going on 3 years now.

[@as-pz9ck]

When shooting brown and amber colored liquor, I use a bit of coffee and a glass of water and pour in just enough coffee until I get the color I need for hard liquor. I also use a few drops of coffee to lightly tinge water so it looks like tea in flat lay sets

[@TheBiteShot]

Nice!! Great hack!!

[@taniabirch-rustage199]

I don't do food photography, but make whimsical colorful pottery, so I use props to 'stage' some pieces. Something I have used for a few years now is JELLY BEANS, same bag & they're still perfect.

[@carminaandra3964]

Love this! I don't do food photography (yet) but I do product photography and I have a lot of weird props that I've been collecting - one of my proudest ones is an old bike chain from my husband's bicycle! It works great with a glass of whiskey and a leather wallet ahhaahah

[@TheBiteShot]

hahahahah!!! that's awesome!!

[@romanchukanov4454]

3 chicken eggs. Drew faces on them for easter. And we just kept them. They are 6 years old now, i think. They smile at us when we open the fridge. 😅

[@TheBiteShot]

hahahahah!!!! I love that!!!

[@saltandserenity]

I have had the same bag of walnuts in the shell for over 3 years now. I was shocked to hear that the eggs dis not go bad (ie:smell) but just dried up. This is very exciting news. I am on the hunt for some beautiful blue eggs, and if I find some, I can keep them for photography for a long time. Thanks for sharing Joanie.

[@TheBiteShot]

Ooooh, that's a good one! Like the nuts they have at the holidays! So smart.

[@katymcavoy]

Years old items in my prop collection that are rancid but still look good - cinnamon sticks, whole nutmeg, whole coffee beans. I also keep a supply of holiday-specific goodies (conversation hearts, candy canes, jelly beans) for when I need to shoot ahead of seasonal candy being released. Everything's so old at this point and nothing you'd want to eat.

[@TheBiteShot]

OMG, love!! Yes to the seasonal candies!!! Forgot about my old candy corn that's still lurking in the cabinet!

[@sylwiavaclavekphotography]

OMG, this video - hilarious and a great start to the day. I purchase food items from the clearance rack for the sole purpose to use them as props. Often have to warn my husband as when he sees candy he wants to eat it. Frozen bread, diluted wine, old coffee beans, old egg shells, noodles, sprinkles, crackers, chips, packages with expired cake mix. Shocked by the eggs! would not think they will last soo long. Thanks for the laugh Joanie!

[@SharonBenton]

I don't have eggs, but I do have 4 year old egg shells! I also have TJ ice cream cones and grissini bread sticks - both over 3 years old. Oh - and I have a few loaves of prop bread in the freezer.

[@TheBiteShot]

Niiiiiice!!!!! Oh, yes on the ice cream cones! When ya get good ones they're hard to part with!

[@TheFearlessCooking]

when I was shooting for my recipe book, I bought a baguette and kept it in the freezer till the shoot was finished. I can't keep on buying breads and then eat them post-shoot. n I even keep some Indian sweets to click some Indian Thali photography :)

[@rahmatbalogun7073]

This is great! I can’t stand food waste so these tips are super helpful!

[@OduMazzaFotografia]

Loved the tips! I'll stop wasting wine! I have all kinds of seasonings like black pepper, paprika, dried herbs, pink salt, cinnamom. I just keep it in a dry cabinet and they look beautifull for years.

[@Sarah-qe3bc]

Lots of spices, cinnamon sticks, cloves, star anise, nutmeg. Coffee beans, ice cream cones until they start to uncurl :D If I am shooting multiple things with cream or milk I'll cover the pretty containers and keep them in the fridge for a few days until I've finished shooting.

[@juliasasha1272]

I have kept Christmas cookies and marshmallows for two years now. Hide them on the very top shelf in the kitchen so no one finds it by accident 😁 Great tips! 👍🏻

[@gretam9115]

I experimented a new cake recipe, which turned out horrible - it was completely inedible. Before I could toss it, I frosted it with expired tinned frosting which I had been holding onto and took a picture. It's the same cake picture on my page that you shared Joanie on your stories a couple of months ago.. 😊😊🤣🤣

[@TheBiteShot]

That is fantastic Greta!!!!

[@josephsharketti2173]

I drink coffee way too much to ever have an expired bag laying around, but I’m def using the wine and egg tips!

[@sorintoma1002]

i had a client (japanesse food, sushi and stuff) for wich i shoot an entire week with only 1 (one) salmon fish. I've start noticing that the color of the fish got better and better by the days! It got more pinkys and red wich look great on camera....the down side was that at the end of the week the smell got stronger and stronger .....

[@littlearistocrat]

Wow keeping eggs is a good idea!!! And they are so beautiful!!! Also the wine is a great idea. Coffee- I especially prefer coffee with foam but yeah maybe one day I’ll use that tip. Joanie you are the best! Thank you for your excellent tips

[@Aleksanderespelid]

This video reminded me to drink my (semi-fresh) coffee that was by now, cold

[@chefdavestable741]

I do not have any but after seeing this video I definitely will! Thanks for the tip!

[@YearRoundExplorers]

Good tips! Thank you!

[@StillwatersFarm]

I would think that, with the eggs, you could make a pin hole in the end, use a syringe to suck out the "innards", and then rinse. Let the inside dry and fill the hole with some joint compound. Voila! "Forever" eggs...😉

[@donnanoble6436]

I am right there with you Joanie, I keep chocolate, sauces and pickles, maraschino cherries, mustard, fake ice cream, yep lots of old and expired goodies at the back of the top shelf of our fridge, old but perfect for picture! My family know the no go fridge areas, it's really important that everyone at home or office know the hands of food styling stash and these products are no longer edible ! Love your videos, thank you so much for sharing! x

[@TheBiteShot]

That is AWESOME Donna!!! What a great stash indeed!!

[@reidnorthrup2688]

Very good video and such good information. Thanks.

[@PVIyersKitchen]

Beautiful 😍

[@chrisyfitz]

The coffee and wine in the fridge are a brilliant idea but I especially LOVE those old eggs - will they grow up to become Chinese 100 year old eggs, I wonder, lol. I have 4 giant pretzels that are 2 years old and 12 different coloured macarons that are well over a year old - they haven't faded or anything. I also have a Tupperware box with charcoal (therefore black) crackers in - they were too expensive to not save.

[@TheBiteShot]

ha ha!! those spendy ingredients, I totally understand that!

[@donnacrantshaw8505]

I'm not a food photographer but what a neat idea!

[@frankzayas3103]

Awesome! Now when my wife tells me I have to clean out the fridge, I can tell her I need that stuff for my work.

[@vinceknowseverything]

Genius 💙😎

[@maaikezaal5379]

I'm always keeping dried herbs, sprinkles, etc when they are expired. Nobody knows!

[@TheBiteShot]

Oooh, that's a great one! Herbs for sure!!!

[@clairefahey1125]

I have a French baguette that is as hard as a rock and been on a shelf for 18 months and gets dusted off for a photo sometimes lol

[@TheBiteShot]

hahahaha!!! that's amazing!! i'm learning so much in the comments section today!

[@Misana]

I love the wine tip. Interesting.

[@TheBiteShot]

Glad you liked it!

[@rhadondasedgwick3580]

I do have some super old eggs too but I will say it has not always been successful in keeping old eggs. I have had one explode (seriously super loud) in the bowl they were in and the smell was terrible!!! So I do handle them very gently at least until they are several years old and kind of dried up like in the video. I got some really pretty speckled, colored farm eggs from Aldi and they just would not make the cut for having around a long time, not sure why. They would sweat and then bust. So sad too because they were so pretty!! I even tried rinsing them with soap and water before storing so not sure what the delio was. But GREAT video! I sometimes store milk in a jar to use over and over in cookie sessions or at least until it starts turning to butter or sour cream LOL

[@maryjaras7806]

ice cream cones!!! I find they actually hold up better stale!

[@TheBiteShot]

That's so wild! Love that!!

[@KatrienVanDyck]

I have old walnuts, cinnamon sticks, olive oil, salt flakes... :D

[@svaracena]

These are brilliant! I’m so shocked about the eggs. 😂🥚

[@herobear]

Awsome

[@SabineWinter-le5hd]

Hahahaa .. I love your eggs

[@TheBiteShot]

Nice!! We should start a Old Eggs Club 🤣

[@sugarfreecity7811]

If I kept those eggs for 4 years in hot + sweaty Sydney Australia, I'd think they were 400 years old I reckon! I'm amazed they didn't smell and attract maggots. I've had that experience, and I'll never bloody forget it. 😂

[@DianaOst]

I don't now, but I WILL! Prop coffee!!

[@TheBiteShot]

hahahaha!!! yesss!!!

[@dariabmn]

I 💕 you, your 4 y.o. 🦃 eggs make me feel less weird 😁🥹

[@dariabmn]

Oh, btw, mine are chicken eggs and only 1 y.o.

[@tedming3515]

Careful with those eggs, Joan. I mean unless you wanna have some Godzilla type of accident on your hands. Who knows, you may need a whole cinematography crew to get that one online. 😆😆😆😆

[@vfxart1994]

nice one, have you done any courses on how to start a FP business how to sell these shots to magazines or superstores etc how does Food photographer do this and get contracts etc. If not please do a detail course on this topic thanks.

[@osikani]

2nd person to view, 1st to like... I love these tips. I'm not throwing such stuff away again. Heheheheeee

[@kamilao4062]

I've had a very expired egg and let me tell you, the smell once it was cracked, It still haunts me!

[@TheBiteShot]

ooooooohhhh, no good!!! lol!!

[@dhansen7569]

Something I really do with expired coffee and drinks ,😂 raw noodles tea bags expired cordial drinks sprinkles .. are some other stuff I use

[@TheBiteShot]

That's a great point! I bet I have some super old sprinkles hiding in my cabinet come to think of it 🙈

[@1Areejm]

Hello, can you do the translation into Arabic, please?