Metal on White

My Studio 2 class, taught by Steven Rhyner, was given the studio assignment to shoot metal on white. This was pretty interesting because it involves working with the family of angles to determine if the metal will be light or dark.


_{An Example of the Family of Angles}

Its kinda cool because you can light the metal separate from whatever is around it because it will only reflect light within the family.



Above: This was one of my first shots taken in the studio. The subject is a heatsync fan that came with an Intel i7 processor. In this shot, the softbox is above which is why only certain angles on the heatsync are reflecting.



Above: This shot is lit from behind as well as above, and there is a reflector card in front to catch the light coming from the back. There are streaks of light coming through the heatsync, but because there is a black plastic fan attached to the back of it only a little light came through.



Above: My final shot, chosen because I like the angelic-like affect, was lit the exact same way as above. The only difference is I removed the black fan that was attached to it so that all the light from behind could shine through.


Thanks to everyone for voting for my photo Ambulance Trail in the recent Brickfish contest! I received 445 votes total, and placed 933 out of 42,149! That means I probably won't make the cut for the scholarship, but I was amazed at the support my photo received. Thank you <3

_{Posted: February 15, 2011}