SEMESTER ONE 2010 - Workshop #2

Product - (Revision)

This week's workshop involved shooting a product in tethered capture mode. My product was a box of flavored drinking straws. I kept my props simple working from the character & its values on the box itself. I did have a lot of technical faults in my result but to be honest I did only shoot it in literally 2 minutes (including setup) as I was working in a group of 3 & the first two girls had major hassles with their lighting taking up an hour & a half of our time.

Despite all of that, this is my result...

I went for a very simple approach in shooting my product. I made a daylight attempt with tungsten lighting. I think I achieved quite a desirable result through the grass, though not so desirable anywhere else. I used 1 light & reflected it onto the box to try & have that best lit to draw the eye into the product.

If I had have taken more time & caution with what I was trying to achieve I would have avoided the massive reflection on the box itself, more light through the background & more evenly lit, a tighter composition & maybe a few more simple props.