An interesting challenge this week. Seven new electric bikes to shoot for Power Pedals, left and right sides to be cut-out for the web. Having ascertained that the cut-out images were not going to overlap and were probably only going to be used with flat white as the background, I decided to shoot the bikes with as little manipulation work as possible, bearing in mind the complex nature of the image and the budget involved. So with careful handling of the light I was able to make sure that I achieved a toneless 255 white background without loosing resolution and flairing the foreground subject. In the end the only cutting-out work I had to do was to loose the supports and the foreground in front of the wheels. Saving a lot of time and working within budget.
Power Pedal Electric Bikes
Umm cakes! As you can imagine this was a delight to work on. And I got to eat some of the product! Highly recommended to anyone with a celebration coming up – or who just likes cake! Thank you Rosanne.
Rosanne Hollowell Wedding & Celebration Cakes
I said it had been a very varied week. From shooting specialised precision engineered parts for the oil & gas industries to beautiful hand made silver jewelry by Marie Krazizky. Perhaps not too different from a photographic viewpoint but add 4 month old baby Coco into the mix and it’s entirely different! To be truthful Coco stole the show, smiling through no end of portraits and lifestyle shots with proud mum Nina and then rattling off 2 hand shots as well. A master class in professional modeling! After which, it really was time for a nap.
Marie Krazizky designs.
Sticking to engineering firms I have also been shooting for Parker Hannifin in the last week or so. This has involved shooting various high specification items for the oil and gas industries etc. Again very interesting bits of kit and way out of my understanding!
Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Ltd
It’s a small world and often clients work with one another without me realising. This was such a case with Bluemay Weston. On visiting their factory to photograph the product being manufactured as in the last blog update, I realised that they were responsible for cutting out Janine’s mobiles at Design Kompott. As a layman, it was extraordinary as these mobiles are cut-out using a very fine jet of water under extreme pressure. The intricate detail that can be achieved by this method in such a small precise area is very impressive. To think that the same method can be used to cut through inches of steel, as well as this very fine cherrywood laminate is remarkable. All controlled by computer of course.
Mobiles by Janine at Design Kompott
Washers, Gaskets and screw top fittings – a whole new world for me. I take them for granted everyday, as we all do and never wonder where they come from or who makes them. It was quite an eye-opener to visit Bluemay Weston and capture images of the manufacturing process as well as the end product. So many varieties in so many materials.
Bluemay Weston
It’s been a really varied couple of weeks with work involving Christmas to Spring, engineering products to jewelry and babies. I think it’s one of the reasons I love studio work – every day is different and always challenging. Just finished more images for Telling Tales – all things candles. Now that Christmas is over new ranges are being posted on this very comprehensive site.
Telling Tales
Where does the time go! A busy and varied week with a lot of work still in progress, sees out the end of January. This was a straight forward job. Mostly of individual product shots and web banners of high quality porcelain china, with designs originated by Muffet Munro.
Muffet Munro Original Porcelain China Set.
Part of the Devonshire Pine and Oak furniture shoot, was a requirement for some images of the work force and factory, to be used in Point of Sale material.
Devonshire Pine & Oak Furniture
For the last couple of weeks I have spent some time working on various Room sets for Devonshire on their Oak and Pine ranges as well as numerous cut-outs.
Devonshire
