Probe
This was a commercial job I did for the cover of
the annual report of an engineering company. This
is one of their products, a device which detects vibrations
when held against a pipe to confirm that there is
liquid flowing through it. The object is about four
inches (10 cm) long.
This is a straight photograph, no Photoshop tricks
were employed, only careful placement of lights in
the studio. In all five lights were used.
I set up the object on a table covered with a black
piece of perspex. At the back of the room two coloured
lights, one red and one blue, point towards a white
sheet of background paper. The light you see is a
reflection of this in the perspex.
Beside the camera is a heavily diffused main light.
Then there are two more lights, one on each side.
The one on the right side gives the red stripe down
the right hand side and the white light on the left
can just be seen giving an accent to the knarling
and the tip.
I love fiddling around in the studio like this and
have been known to spend many hours or even days setting
up one shot.
I think you'll agree that the complex lighting setup
gives a bit of sparkle to a rather mundane looking
object while still portraying it in a realistic way.
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