Odd Man Out
This morning my wife showed me a magazine cover that featured a beautiful still life painting of a bunch of garlic. What made the painting so effective, to me, was the look of the light in it, which resembled the northern window light that we've seen in the old masters paintings. I decided to try and imitate that lighting with three onions we had in the kitchen, but realized that for the composition to work it needed something else. So I grabbed a tomato for the foreground. When interviewed after the shoot about the experience of working with onions, the tomato said it brought tears to his eyes.
Lighting info: Lit with one YN560-II in a 24 inch soft box placed camera left and slightly in front at about 7 o'clock. The light was within 4 inches of the subjects so that it would be as soft as possible. For fill light, I hand held a large silver reflector at camera right. The flash was in manual mode and was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other still life images that I've attempted are in my Still Life album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157635247182331/
Odd Man Out
This morning my wife showed me a magazine cover that featured a beautiful still life painting of a bunch of garlic. What made the painting so effective, to me, was the look of the light in it, which resembled the northern window light that we've seen in the old masters paintings. I decided to try and imitate that lighting with three onions we had in the kitchen, but realized that for the composition to work it needed something else. So I grabbed a tomato for the foreground. When interviewed after the shoot about the experience of working with onions, the tomato said it brought tears to his eyes.
Lighting info: Lit with one YN560-II in a 24 inch soft box placed camera left and slightly in front at about 7 o'clock. The light was within 4 inches of the subjects so that it would be as soft as possible. For fill light, I hand held a large silver reflector at camera right. The flash was in manual mode and was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other still life images that I've attempted are in my Still Life album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157635247182331/