Our group had optional studio time today from 2-6 pm. Nine of us took advantage of the equipment to practice studio skills. I shot on Monday during Group D's optional time as did three others from Group A. Today I spent shooting my lunch, some bottles (which we could not open in the studio) and outside portraits. Attached are three samples. The biggest problems to solve in the lunch setup was how to keep the root beer foamy and overcome the shadows/reflections in the glassware. After stirring the drink over and over we ended that setup. Three lights (overhead softbox, left side light to cover the background and right side light to shoot into the bottle and glass.
The bottle difficulty was the reflection from the dark front of the studio. We wrapped the camera area in more paper to cover the dark area, and placed cards in the cardboard box to reflect light on to the dark areas. Same three lights to try to cover all of the angles.
We had about 25 minutes left for outside practice. We set up an umbrella and had the battery power pack to flash the stobe. I should have pointed the umbrella down a little to create a catchlight in Kristiana's eyes.
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