Sunday, April 11, 2010

New Still Life Work

It's been a while since I've been able to concentrate on any photography of note. I've recently done a few lighting and composition experiments in still life photography.

Here's an experiment in composition, both in placement of the subject and constructed background and lighting, that I think worked out well:

Orchid

Here's a simpler shot of the same orchid, with some variation in the lighting:

Orchid

Here are the results in some experiments in lighting reflective glass objects with a single light (pay no attention to the suspiciously missing contents from each of these - these three bottles have actually been on my shelf for years):

Tabletop Lighting Experiments


Tabletop Lighting Experiments


Tabletop Lighting Experiments, cont'd