Cork Deconstructed

Day 332 of 365

"Cork Deconstructed"

 

For some reason the other day, I sliced up a cork. I think I was imagining photographing it as though it were a sharpened pencil. Taking a second look at it today, I thought I would try to reassemble it. But how? Well, why not put it back together with pins? O.K. Once I had the pieces in place, I pinned it back together, and slowly pulled the pieces out from the central piece. It sort of resembles a tiny solar system. As for the photographing, there are three strobes involved. Our key light is a strip bank at camera-left. It wraps nicely around the pieces, and I filled in the shadows with a piece of foamcore at camera-right. Imagining as though I was shooting for the company, I realized the logo was not lit properly. So, I stuck a speedlight on top of the camera, and attached my Ray Flash ring flash. It is turned way down, just offering a kiss of light to show the name. Lastly, there is a tightly snooted speedlight, directly above. It delivers all of the light on top of the pieces, and offers just a little variety in exposure. Again, we shot against a white background...because I was too lazy to put up the black one. However, because we were far enough from the background, and because the lights were not pointing that direction, the white remained black. Thanks for popping by!!

 

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