Corn Preparation for Photography
Blanching the corn makes its color bright and vivid, and arranging the corn husks and corn silk is done for photography styling.
Story
Blanching the corn helps bring out its vibrant color, and tidying and arranging the corn husks and corn silk is carried out for photography styling purposes.
Ingredients
Corn on the cob (with husk)
Water (for blanching)
sufficient
Ice water
sufficient
Instructions
1
Trim
Use scissors to trim the darker areas of the corn silk.
2
Blanch
Blanch or steam the corn for about 10 minutes until the husks and corn kernels turn bright.
3
Ice bath
Take the corn out of the pot, immediately submerge it in ice water, and cool it until it is no longer hot to the touch.
4
Tidy up appearance
Gently fold the husk back about halfway, grab the tip of the corn silk and pull it off, any remaining silk can be removed with fingers or scissors.
5
Shaping (optional)
You can fully peel off one side of the husk, tear the removed husk into strips and tie knots, wrap them around the corn kernels to form a decorative collar, and secure it with T-pins.
