The Port Glass..Comments?!

[D-B-J]

Did some lighting practice today... thoughts? I'm pretty pleased with the way it came out.



Porto by f_one_eight, on Flickr




Best,
Jake

 

[limr36 5]

It looks really nice. Now fill it with a nice 10-year-old tawny and celebrate

 

[D-B-J]

It looks really nice. Now fill it with a nice 10-year-old tawny and celebrate

Thanks!

 

[MSnowy]

Nice. I like the Port Glass, but not sure about the reflection.

 

[D-B-J]

Nice. I like the Port Glass, but not sure about the reflection.

Should I have more? Or none at all?

Best,
Jake

 

[WCThomas]

Nice lighting!

 

[D-B-J]

Nice lighting!

Thank you! The "Light: Science and Magic" book gave me plenty of help, that's for sure.

Best,
Jake

 

[D-B-J]

Happy saturday!

 

[jenko]

Lighting looks nice and even in the outline. Good job!

 

[Rick58]

Nice job, but I agree. I'm not sure about the reflection either. I'm thinking none

 

[MSnowy]

Nice. I like the Port Glass, but not sure about the reflection.

Should I have more? Or none at all?

Best,
Jake

I would say all or nothing.

 

[D-B-J]

Nice. I like the Port Glass, but not sure about the reflection.

Should I have more? Or none at all?

Best,
Jake

I would say all or nothing.

I would have liked to have it all, but I just didn't have a large enough piece of glass with me at school. Dang dorm rooms!

Best,
Jake

 

[Skelrad]

Okay, absolute new guy here (used to do a lot of photography back in ye ol' film and darkroom days, but just getting back into it). Can you fill me in on how you shot this? I would love to do a wine glass project for my wife of all the different glass types, but don't know where to start!

 

[D-B-J]

Okay, absolute new guy here (used to do a lot of photography back in ye ol' film and darkroom days, but just getting back into it). Can you fill me in on how you shot this? I would love to do a wine glass project for my wife of all the different glass types, but don't know where to start!

The setup was as above. The port-glass was on top of a table covered in black construction paper with a sheet of glass on top of that (for the reflection). The black line in front of the backdrop represents a 2x3' square of black construction paper, and the backdrop was a thin white paper. The flashes were aimed at the back of the black paper, and the white background around that lit the subject. Shot with the D7000, 85 1.8G, 2xSB600, an SU800, and pocketwizards.

Hope this helps!

Best,
Jake