I know all about it - one year Mrs Crafty and I did all the small product photography for a well-known toy company's R & D projects just before Toy Fair in NYC -
that was nuts.
Prototype toys not yet in production being Fedexed in from Chinese manufacturers and shot within minutes of their arrival at a blistering pace. Shoot all day, edit most the nite, get up and shoot again first thing in the morning.
The best part of the whole thing - aside from money - was getting to work with the AD who had quite a pedigree in the business, and the stylist who was one of the developers of the Cabbage Patch Kids. Great guys to work with - and thank God the stylist was good with child models. After the first week I just wanted to smack 'em with a light-stand.
I guess was a Grumpy Young Phart, too...no sense in changin' now.
Food photography is even worse - you can barely make enough to keep up with the liquor bills after you're done.
Anyway, nice job on the styling - you really do have a good eye.
And as for being anal, you gotta be. That comes with the territory. You'd be a lousy photographer - or graphics designer, artist or plug-maker - if you weren't.
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