One of the great things about being a commercial photographer is that you get to work with some really creative artists. Over the last few weeks I have been really privileged to work with the highly talented Maya King. Maya not only makes beautiful stained glass obelisks, she is also a highly skilled silversmith responsible for the beautiful jewellery featured in our jewellery gallery. One of the greatest challenges in photographing work of this nature is ensuring the correct exposure. For example if you want to photograph wood and make it look beautiful there is a good chance that the beautiful radiance of the glass may be lost. Below is an excellent example of how the beauty of the wood is brought out in the image, but the radiance of the stained glass has been sacrificed. Here this was deliberate in this particular shot, because the item was lit from the front in order to make the coloured shadow at the back. When stained glass is lit from behind its beauty becomes apparent, but as can be seen from the image below, some of the detail of the wood has been lost. Again in this shot the lighting was deliberate […]
Here are some photographs to show that with the right lenses and subtle lighting even the most mundane household objects can be made into interesting works of art. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”5″ gal_title=”Product photography”]
