Thomas Davidson - BA (Hons) Photography

Photo skills A
An introduction to essential skills in studio photography, camera handling, lighting and camera set-up, principles of lighting and theory, studio management and associated health, safety and risk assessment. This module should provide the framework for future studio based photographic work and assignments.

Stella Cidre Shoot

Final Image
This is the shot im using for my stella cidre product shoot. 

Lighting Setup
I used three lights and a reflector (not pictured in the diagram) to create this Photo. The Key light was a soft box placed behind a diffusion panel. I used a softbox as a strobe on its own behind the panel was leaving a strange reflection in the glass. On the right was another softbox and then a third light placed behind and above the bottle shooting through the glass to light the liquid and also creating a small rim light on part of the bottle. The gold reflector which isnt pictured was used to bounce some light back onto the label of the bottle and also created a very nice gold strip which is visible on the label.

Post-Processing
For post production i cleaned up the image by fixing a few mark on the bottle and label and smoothed out the liquid in the bottle to create a very clean looking image. I also removed some reflections from the table i was shooting on to create a seamless background for the product.

Other Shots / Edits






Final Image