Object Lighting

My object lighting class for the last 8 weeks focused on learning how to light any object despite its shape and texture.  We were asked to put together a small portfolio consisting of work we did throughout the mini-mester or that we shot specifically for portfolio.  I did choose some of the images like my pepper but here are a couple additions.

Chocolate Assignment

This table top image was created in studio with a farrell light and a digital scanning back for a medium format Hasselblad camera.  This was my first experience with the scanning backs.  I loved it.  I wanted to take a popular chocolate, but connect it back to nature. I took it a step farther and added "dirt"(cocoa powder) in the background.  Despite popular belief; chocolate is healthy in moderation and is frankly a lot of fun to shoot.

Water Assignment

My object lighting class was given an assignment that required us to shoot an image that portrays "water."  The difficult aspect of the project was to shoot an original image that brings only the word water to mind.  I photographed a vase of water containing blue food coloring; while a classmate used a coffee stirring straw to drop water into the vase.  f5.6 @1/125 accompanied by a Vivitar 285.  I used 2:750 hot lights to illuminate the white partition walls that was placed on three sides of the vase.  The reflections of the lights on the glass produced the above image.  I used photoshop to clean off a few imperfections on the vase in the image and increased saturation in select areas.