PHO5598–Assignment 3

 

 

Assignment 3 in my Lighting Techniques course was all about metal and glass. We had to shoot highly reflective metal objects and glass objects.
My metal objects turned out alright I suppose, though to be honest, they don’t excite me in any manner.

I shot the first image (the watches) by using a 9x36 strip soft box on the background and a 24x32 on the right of the subject. White reflectors were also placed on the left of the image to bounce light back into the image. The second one was a bit trickier as the thermos was quite reflective. I ended up using a grid light coming in from the left of the frame through a diffuser, a 24x32 soft box on the right and a boom soft box above. The boom soft box had no light in it, it was merely used to reflect white from above onto the subject.

 

My glass photos came out much better than my metal ones did, in my opinion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first image was shot by using a 9x36 on the background and 24x32 on the right of the image. A black reflector screen was placed above the image and a black reflector was placed to the left. A white reflector was placed in front of the image to shine light into the gold name plate.
The last shot it my absolutely favourite! Same lighting as above (9x36 and 24x32) and black reflectors on either side of the image to give the glasses their edge. I then upped the black concentration in Photoshop a little bit. I am so incredibly happy with the result!!

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PHO5598: Assignment 2

The second assignment for my Lighting Techniques course is High Key vs. Low Key. Essentially light and photograph the same image in a high key (first photo) and low key (second photo) setup.

The first image was shot with a 24x32 soft box on the left and left of the subject and a 9x36 strip soft box directed on the background.

This second image was shot with a 24x32 soft box on the left of the image as the fill light and a grid spot light coming from the rear and right of the image as the main light.

 

I am also pretty pleased with these shots – I had them in my head for several days before the shoot itself and they actually came out similar to what I had intended.

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PHO5598: Assignment 1

The first assignment for my Lighting Techniques course was simply to light an inanimate object. My partner and I shot several objects but the following two are what I am submitting to the instructor. Both were shot on a black background (velour fabric for the first and paper for the second) and done with a 24x32 softbox on the left hand side as the fill light and a grid spotlight coming from the rear on the right side as the main light.

I am pretty happy with how they came out, but we will see what the instructor has to say about them.

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