w52.31.1:Got Pez?

Pez – who doesn’t like ’em?

My daughter has been wanting to buy her Pez candies and bought these just after Halloween. That’s the subject for this post.

One thing I didn’t get to explore much during my 365 project (last year) was flash photography and/or strobe photography. So I had ponied up money and bought couple of brollies (just a fancy word for lighting umbrellas), stands and CFL lighting.

Luckily had some time tonight  to play with the lighting and composition for this shot.

Used side lighting and diffused the light through a black umbrella – had the Pez candies seated on a black cardboard and used a black muslin as a backdrop for this setup.

Looks like a lot more to learn 😉

7 replies
  1. Terri Jacobson
    Terri Jacobson says:

    Ahhhh, a Pez dispenser. Haven’t thought about those forever.

    I like the lighting, a photographer that I follow said “I want to feel the light, I don’t want to see it.” You did a great job with that.

  2. Nikhil Ramkarran
    Nikhil Ramkarran says:

    It certainly is a good start to the experimenting with strobes. I’ve had my umbrellas for a while and I doubt I could come close to this result. The key with this (as with most other aspects of photography) is to keep at it until you have the experience to understand how the lights work with the subject.

  3. David Williams
    David Williams says:

    Ahhh, welcome to the Strobist side Sasi (okay, okay, not really strobist but still)! Once you get into it….it’ll be hard to escape. 😛 Very well done, looking forward to seeing more from ya.

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