My images for Photo Theme Night on the topic “Still life” by Birr Photography Group in Craughwell’s Pub, Birr, County Offaly, Ireland on 11th February 2016.
The idea was to practice with the use of diffused light and reflectors to light a chosen still life subject.
I chose to try 2 different approaches: high key and low key.
Oil and Vinegar: high key lighting to create a clean crisp product shot.
High key set-up: main light from the right rear to highlight the liquid in the bottles with a reflector to the left to bring light back into the shadows; spotlight on the central backdrop to brighten up the background behind the bottles; single spotlight on each of the bottles from above to brighten up the top of the bottles.
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- Main lighting
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- Background lighting
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- Vinegar bottle lighting
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- Oil bottle lighting
Skull: low key lighting to create a dark moody scene.
Low key set-up: main light from the right front to illuminate the whole scene; main light with a reflector to the left to bring light back into the shadows; spotlight on the central skull to brighten up the main subject.
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- Main light
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- Main light with reflector
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- Central spotlight
Finally the lighting set-up for each shot were all put together to create the final image.
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