Assignment - Bruno | Telling story shoe shot | How to be a Professional Photographer forum: lessons, tips and tricks

Hi,

Here is my photo for the shoe assignment:

As I'm probably not going to be at the hangout, it's at 3am for me… it's better to talk a bit.

Alex, about the european hangouts, if you still do them, they could be at night in Europe (like 10pm or so) and not during the afternoon?

Here is the setup:

I used two desk lamps and one strobe. I must say I toke this during the day and I had the light from the window in the shoe's front (the shoe isn't highly reflective, so I'm ok).

One lamp to the background, it's on the floor. Another lamp to give me some back lighting on the side. And the strobe is inside the a light box I made, I'm holding it.

If I had another strobe I would replace the side lamp for that strobe… the color temperature from the lamp is different and that make that side a little strange…

Also, that back lighting shouldn't hit the soil below the shoe. I made the shadow darker in pos.

Also in pos, I made the transition colors in the back more smooth.

Cheers,

Bruno