November 2006
Intermediate to advanced
367 pages
12h 2m
English
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Chapter 14. TAKING PICTURES OF OBJECTS
Object photography is one of the biggest categories of photographic subjects. Images of objects surround us every day in catalogs, magazine advertisements, and Web pages that show pictures of products. Images such as figures 14-1 through 14-3 are designed to capture our attention, sell a product, evoke a mood, or illustrate a concept.
Figure 14-1.
Figure 14-2.
Photographing inanimate objects is fundamentally different from photographing people, pets, or even nature subjects. It's almost always done in a photographic studio (or on a location set that the photographer turns into a temporary studio) and the photographer has complete control over subject placement, camera position, lighting, and everything else. An inanimate object doesn't get tired or moody like a person does, and there's no need to be concerned about capturing facial expressions. As a result, the shooting pace can be more deliberate, allowing more time for precise lighting adjustments and special techniques that aren't practical with living subjects.
For example, the basic design and the lighting in figure 14-1 are both starkly simple, but the concept relies on absolute precision and ...
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