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Chocolate
![you see a confectionery Marzipan Bread with almonds for packaging photography](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Marzipan-Ei-Brot-25g-A-MERGE.jpg)
![Packaging relaunch Yogurette, a package stands in a virtual pink room with strawberries, chocolate bars and milk drops](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Yogurette-Intro.jpg)
Packaging Relaunch for Yogurette
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Chocolate Meringue
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Chocolate Cake, a Melting Desire
![Chocolate Mousse triple in a glas with chocolate flakes](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Triple-Schokomousse3-650x479.jpg)
Chocolate Mousse Triple
![group of chocolates on white underground](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pralinen-redaktionell-551x500.jpg)
Box of Chocolates
![fried curdballs are served from womans hands on a old wooden table, tin cans, silverware and linen cloth lie beside](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Quarkkeulchen-werden-serviert-73.jpg)
Fried Quark Balls
![Ferrero Chocofresh chocolate bar with milkcreme nuts on wooden Underground refrigerator advertising billboard](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Ferrero-Chocofresh-650x459.jpg)
Chocolate Bar Ferrero Chocofresh
![the letters lust turn up out of an ocean of melted chocolate](https://www.kai-stiepel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/LUST-Schokolade-650x488.jpg)
Lust – plenty of melted chocolate
Chocolate
Kai, are you a biter or a sucker?
Purely in regard to chocolate, I confess I’m a biter. Although I absolutely like the delicate melt afterwards – the fine cocoa flavor is sweet and tender. I basically like the whole aura that surrounds the subject of chocolate from stories of the Aztecs to the aphrodisiac effect. The Mayans believed the cocoa plant was of divine origin. Cocoa was regarded as an intoxicating food and, according to the Aztecs, was not suitable for women and children.
What is important when photographing chocolate?
Either the viewer’s mouth is watering or it’s not a good photo. People should lust for choclate and immediately forget about the calories. To get to that point, we often work with “dummies”. They are washable stand-ins that are not sensitive to fingerprints and can be produced in big sizes. This helps with depth of field and for detail work.