I saw this car on the way home from a shoot and had to find the owner. It was a year later before the car owner (Howard), the location, and I were all available on the same day. My good friend Joe Farace,(JoeFaraceBlogs.com) has used this location many times in the past, but this was...
I did not have access to a perspective 35 lens so I had to use what was around the studio. My main workhorse is a view camera. Yea, I’m old. The days of film. But with the transition to the “35″ format digital I think you can get darn close to what you would with...
This whole exercise is based using a “gel” of your choice taped to a plexi mirror. We used a 4×4 inch plei mirror and taped several different gels on it to see what kind of reflection would be accenting the old razor from my grandfather. I tried to get the typography to read but it...
A interesting exercise is taking a look at images that are reversed. Same basic subject one on white one on black. One color, one Black and White. You can find many unique ways of looking at subjects by isolating the color and the background. I think you agree that these images both make a different...
Paul describes in detail the ins and outs of lighting a product shot of a knife with speed lights. He uses a FourSquare softbox with only one flash inside and three more outside for edge, back, and side lights. To download the lighting diagram, click this link. http://peregrinestudios.com/downloads/knifelightingdiagram.jpg The higher res final shots are below the...
