Object: The Shoot

My object shoot was pretty straightfoward on paper, but when it came down to it, it took a long time and was hard to setup. I started by setting up my shot as i had planned it in my original sketch.

After setting up my still life like this, i quickly realised that there was no need for the second light source. After taking two photos, i really wasnt happy with how the image looked. It didnt really portray the student lifestyle that i wanted it to, it looked more like an advert for the beans. I decided that i needed to make it look messy, like a student had prepared the meal.

I had to be careful not to get any mess on the backdrop, so i uced some disposable white table mats to protect it. I then re arranged my lighting, as i was getting to much fall off lighting the backdrop. To do this, i had to susspend a flash directly above the subject using a boom stand, weighted to balance the flash. To further limit the light that was faling onto the background, i used a medium honeycomb. 

This was my final image:

 

As i couldnt get into the darkroom, i made a digital scan of the negative, and used photoshop to adjust the colours, to give me an idea of what i would like to do in the studio. I felt that giving the image a blue tint would emphasize the feeling of lonliness i had tried to make with the lighting.

Overall, i'm pleased with my final image. I think that if i had planned more ahead with my subject matter, and maybe put the subject into a location to give it context, then i would have been more sucessful with puting my point across.