studio lighting workshop

for the studio lighting workshop i brought in a perfume bottle for my 'object' as i felt it would be interesting lighting glass with all the shadows you can create, i also used jess's ipod and found that the object wasnt as interesting to light as you would either get a flat image with no shadow or just a streek of light (shadow) through the middle. heres a few images i took.

these images are different viewpoints i tried to use:

we changed where the light was and moved it so it was underneath the perfume bottle , we also added a pink filter to create a 'perfume advert' effect : 

this image showed too much shadow and created this effect,

it takes over the image and changes the whole dainty feminine appeal 

and makes it a darker image 

this was the overall effect of the pink filter , i think it works well with the object 

and creates nice shadows

here are some of the ipod photographs that i took , again i tried different viewpioints to see how it changed the image and its shadows. we started off with two lights and then removed one to create to different effects , these are the images with two lights :

there are no shadows on either image

here are the images with just one light, look at how they are different 

the light gives the image a cold effect, with strong shadows behind and underneath the object , 

rather than it being a flat image of an ipod. 

Equipment in the studio which we looked at was:

Barn doors - a modifier for the flash heads  which spread the light around the room , you can add different colored gels which can add different effects , i used a pink colored gel to try and create a feminine look for the perfume. 

Polyboards- big polystyrene boards , one which is colored black to absorb light and the other is white to reflect the light. 

Soft box- a modifier which creates a soft even light