Thursday, August 29, 2013

Studio - Small Product Part 1

Creating an ad...

I've chosen my product for this assignment:
http://www.myer.com.au/shop/mystore/973607510
I bought this perfume mainly because I loved the bottle (although it smells nice too), so I'm thrilled at the opportunity to photograph it. It's a very sparkly bottle, so I've been trying to think of ways to add sparkle to the portrait without using extensive Photoshop.
This is an original ad for the perfume:
http://images.memsaab.com/files/imagecache/node-gallery-display-750/files/2012/98289/taylor-swift-perfume-ad-pic.png
Obviously, the advertisers had the same idea as I did and wanted to add sparkle. They, however, used all Photoshop sparkle and I don't like this look so much.
I want to try and create REAL sparkle, and I want to attempt to do that using...wait for it......glitter!!

http://lillypillyphotography.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/project51.jpg
I don't want the model blowing glitter, but an assistant out of frame blowing glitter inwards around the model. Using flash will enable me to freeze the glitter in mid-air very easily.
This will no doubt take a lot of trial and error to get right, and will also be quite messy...so I propose putting down fabric over the floor to aid the clean up process.

As for the model...
I have yet to choose and finalise a model, but they do not have to be a Taylor Swift lookalike :P
I would, however, like to achieve the same facial expression as in this shot - another promotional image for Wonderstruck:
http://www.flare.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/d3ab6ffc48dcaebe22016219e8a9.jpg
With possibly a bit more of a smile...

Now for lighting!
I quite like the lighting in the first example of a Wonderstruck add. I think rim lighting would be hugely important to getting the effect that I want, and then another light (stripbox) at the front slightly to one side:

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