Diffuse Light Close Ups
For my final assignment, I played with the technique of using a plastic water bottle with lighting on either side and the camera balanced in a hole at the top to take close-ups on objects inside the bottom of the jug (with the bottom cut out). Perhaps due to the relative thinness of the plastic in the jug I used, I found that I was still getting some hot-spots from the lights, so I placed another clear bottle full of water in front of the stronger light to diffuse it more. In the future, I'd definitely use halogen lights instead of tungsten, as the results are slightly yellow despite white balancing, but overall I think the technique produced some appealing shots.
Anyhow, it's hard to believe the semester is already over--many thanks to Eric Rosenthal for a fun and very useful class!
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