The assignment was to photograph some pills and bottle for a drop in to another shot.
- Parameters for the shot? White background…..that’s it. My thought process for this shot was how can I make this even a little bit interesting
- What type of shadows do I want and
- What kind of specular/highlight do I want.
To this end I chose a brightly colored bottle and pills…more interesting than solid white pills.
I then used a softbox close to subject to soften shadows and a small strip light on a speedlight to give long specular highlights and help show shape of the pills.
(I actually started with a Gary Fong diffuser instead but the specular was round and small and didn’t help show the shape. Below you can see how the highlights from a small, round light do not help the presentation of the pills.)
A BTS of the Fong Lighting:
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