makeshift studio

TONIGHT I'M DOING SOME WORK in the studio. My night started with photographing a few little objects for a graphic design project. I set up my little seamless backdrop and borrowed a few lights from the drawing studio to construct a makeshift mini studio…

I've learned lighting so many times — through working at Otis & James and during my internship this summer—but it always escapes me. It's trial and error, really. I'm hoping to come up with a technique so that I can photograph a bunch of stuff for my etsy shop (that has been dormant for a long, long time) and get the ball rolling. So it was nice to experiment with the setup!

To demonstrate, here are a few samples of my purse. I used hard light coming from just one angle, and photographed with my point-and-shoot Canon Powershot.

…and the contents inside:

The best part is, the whole setup cost me $0 to make! Score!

Any lighting tips welcomed and appreciated.

Lots more to come!

xx

j