With the autumn coming in the UK, it is starting to get cold
and wet. With some time on my hands, I
tried some product photography at home.
What better than photographing my photographic equipment? This is my attempt at product photography and
it proved much more difficult than I first thought. My early attempts were just not good enough
with harsh lighting and burnt out reflections.
I had to experiment a little before the images came out in my vision.
The first photo here is all my Olympus micro four third
gears. They were lit with a Nikon SB26
with a shoot through umbrella left of camera with a large white reflector on
the right. I shot it on my wooden floor
to add texture to the image. Post
processing using Capture One involved reducing saturation, increasing contrast
and adding -2EV vignette around the frame.
I quite like the outcome.
I also shot a couple of my Canon lenses using very similar
lighting. This time, instead of using a
reflector, I had a gridded Canon 540EZ on the right to fill in shadow. Using my Olympus 45mm F1.8 on my E-PM1 to
reduce the DOF, I was able to blur out the background quite well. These are the results.
Canon 17-40mm F4 L USM |
Canon 24-105mm F4 L IS USM |
What have I learnt? The
objects you photograph must be immaculately cleaned before the shoot. Looking at my photo at 100% will show up so
much dirt and dust, it is unbelievable! I
am looking to experiment with product photography more this winter when I am
not shooting portraits outdoor. These are nice images, but they are hardly creative. How to make the images stand out? That is what I will try to work on.
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