A flower photoshoot
June 8, 2008
I decided to stop at the flower shop and pick up some test subjects. We picked up a few flowers and a couple of vases for a photo shoot.
I set up with a black backdrop on a table, pointed a couple of shop lights using “daylight” bulbs at the flowers and shot from various angles and with various apertures. I used my Tamron 2.8 lens. These three turned out the best in decreasing order.
The first one here I put a couple of lights towards the back to get a glow and used a front light to get the detail. I pulled the flower out of the background and replaced it with a solid black.
Believe it or not, this one is on the background as shot. I turned off all but one light, shot from above and had a wide open aperture.
I’m not so sure I like this last one. The flowers are a bit too small for the vase and I did not feather the selection enough so the flowers are a bit sharp against the background.
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