Boy in Tire with frog........
Light is free… capturing it is not!
Here are three more shots with the led in different positions. The problem becomes long cast shadows on the wall at the angle you suggested so I moved the light around to minimize the shadows on the wall. Here I have boosted the dark areas to brighten and balance the shots.
Here's what you need:
- Place the item on a table without a backdrop or back ground. This may require you to support the subject from behind so that it doesn't fall.
- Locate a dimly lit area in you home, but one that would allow natural light from a window to enter at certain times of the day.
- If the light source is not enough, utilize several small mirrors to redirect the main light source onto different areas of the subject.
Although this didn't turn out as I had intended, I still used one main light source on the left and a small mirror on the right. One reason it's not good to place the subject on a wall like in your pictures, is that the light bouncing off the wall doesn't allow for a good presentation. This is whay I suggested that you move the subject off the wall to create a space between the subject and a back drop or no back drop as with the instance:
Mind you, it was bright enough in this room to have seen a chair and a lamp behind the sage boil, but because I set the aperture and force focus on the edge of the boil/smoke the camera simply blanked out the chair and lamp.
The natural light coming in through a window on the left.
Normally I place objects on a table set in front of a window with good natural light light and then boost the shadows and reduce the highlights. This process produces more consistent results. In this case I left the object on the floor against the wall where is has been but agree it may be better to move away from the background.
This one has the addition of a small led also placed on the left side.
It has a very different feel. In my opinion natural light is the winner.
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