Small Product Assignment – Part 1 & 2

Part 1

• Model and product – product deep etched to be added using PS with model shot. (Product/Model??? Power tools – safety gear for model (eye/ear/gloves)
• Set building, use of light & shade, limited props – convey sense of location
• Add product logo on bottom

Part 2

• 4 different products within a chosen category (chocolates – Lindt, Godiva, Ferro-Rocher)
• Style will be similar but shot differently
• Lighting sympathetic to product form and surface
• Must have plan before shoot
• Sketch intended shot
• Camera position – high / low – long focal length (85mm +) – large subject distance
• Computer tethered

Supplies required: 

• Rubber gloves - avoid finger prints on open chocolate
• Soft artist brush to sweep off fragments
• Blue tack - to hold reflectors and to keep props in place
• small clamps to hold reflectors
• white card, silver & gold foil card for reflecting soft light on product
• mirrors to reflect strong light on product
• Polorizing filter - minimise cocoa oil 'blooming' on chocolate
• black cloth for table covering
• fan to keep air moving to prevent condensation on chocolate
• dishes for display

Techniques: 

• use single light high and behind product and use reflectors/mirrors to light product
• use 1/2 power on light
• find pieces of chocolate for final shoot and put them aside. Use reject pieces for set up
• try to use specular light on product
• See hardcopy pdf of chocolate company photos used for product advertisement.