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Antique Brass Chinese Scales with a few balls, Studio Tabletop and Commercial Products Photography, double point lighting...
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Follow me -> Totoosart
Antique Brass Chinese Scales with a few balls, Studio Tabletop and Commercial Products Photography, double point lighting, studio strobes
The Original Digital Files for all photos and artworks are available for sale exclusively to one person. Please do not hesitate to negotiate, cheers and have a happy time :)
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Antique Brass Chinese Scales with a few balls, Studio Tabletop and Commercial Products Photography, double point lighting, studio strobes
The Original Digital Files for all photos and artworks are available for sale exclusively to one person. Please do not hesitate to negotiate, cheers and have a happy time :)
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Winner in Antiques Photo Challenge
Peer Award
Outstanding Creativity
Superb Composition
Superior Skill
Absolute Masterpiece
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October 08, 2016
The Original Digital Files for all photos and artworks are available for sale to exclusively one person. Please do not hesitate to negotiate, cheers and have a happy time :)
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Location
In my small tabletop studio. I have rented a very small flat down town, on the fourth floor of an office building where I teach and take my photos. I am a self-taught photographer, like so many others, started it as a hobby and it has grown into being one of my most important aspects of my life and just as a book-case is the heart of a study, photography has become that of my life. Everything I see can instantly be framed in my mind as a possible image, everywhere I go I look for frames and possibilities of capturing an exceptional picture.Time
I usually take my photos as soon as I am inspired, this particular image was inspired by the challenge created here on ViewBug and I am very much humbled to have won the challenge. The time of day might have been around midnight, all the same, it could have been any other time, I shoot indoors and the blinds are drawn, so, it's always dark when I shoot.Lighting
Two point lighting, two studio strobes with modifiers and grids on, each shining at a different angle to both produce the mood I was looking for as well as show the details of the object to reveal its features and characteristics as much as possible.Equipment
I usually shoot my tabletop images on a tripod or a camera stand of some sort, and the camera I used for this particular shot was my Canon 5D Mark III, with a 24mm - 105mm Canon EF 'L' f/4 Zoom lens, I do not use flashes, but I do use studio strobes, I have three Jin Bei Digital Pioneer II 300 lights with modifiers and grids.Inspiration
The challenge on ViewBug website, The Antique Photo Clalenge, created by our fellow photographer and honoured friend, Elodie.Editing
Photography is more than clicking the shutter and saving an image file in a certain format, tabletop photography is even more so, having said that, this particular image was merely cropped into a square and framed within a circle in post, nothing special beyond a black and white conversion.In my camera bag
I do not usually go out without a camera and a tripod or a monopod at the least is also going along with me, one never knows what chance may bring along. On certain occasions, I would take two bodies, three lenses, an ND filter and a Polarising filter along with extra batteries and memory cards. A lens and sensor cleaning kit and tissues and handkerchiefs too.Feedback
Tabletop photography requires a lot of patience and precision. In certain cases one may require to take as many as 20 or more shots in order to make a 'photo stack' and therefore produce a single final image (in post processing -- Photoshop). In addition, precise lighting is very important and one may need to tweak the lights all day long only to capture one perfect image, there have been times when i find myself playing with the lights and lighting modifiers and reflectors or flags as many as two to three days in order to achieve the look that i like and want. Post processing skills can add to your image although you can always hire someone to do that part for you, I prefer to do it myself. Thank you for your kind visit and precious time :)
