INTERIOR SHOOT
Shooting indoors can sometimes be easier than daylight, you can have some degree of control over the light available - you can add light with a simple lamp or flash or reduce light by using blinds and curtains – even more so if you’re in a studio, with studio lights not only can you control the amount of light, but the direction, softness and intensity. If shooting on location as always you need to make sure its safe to do so, and where applicable you have the relevant permission – if you’re shooting at home be mindful of privacy – and how much you want to share with the world (I shot at home, and only shot close up of objects!).
I decided I’d use a tripod but kept my shutter speed of 1/60 and an aperture of 3.5 with the light available it meant I could keep my ISO down at 100 and use shutter speed to alter the exposure without having to sacrifice image quality by using a higher ISO or losing control of my depth of field. Initially I intend to shoot in black and white rather than colour.
Edits
Review
Initially I wanted to explore lighting “everyday” objects from a different angle to produce shapes and shadows – I struggled from above and the sides and ended up lowering my light, as I got lower and lower I struck on the idea of lighting under the actual object using my ipad, from here it morphed into using coloured patterns of light to create reflections on cutlery – with some interesting results! I also used a pattern brick sheet to create the illusion of stacked bowls and glasses, creating some quirky images – I’m really pleased I used a tripod by eliminating camera shake the low light didn’t impact on my image quality.
