Monthly Archives: March 2014

kairise’s toy

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Photographing the toy was quite difficult. I had some trouble with the white balance because the tiger was giving off a yellow light. Then i placed the light over his head and it began to fade away the closer i put it above his head. The shot came out pretty clean and i liked it.

Buy Me! (Juicy Couture)

For this assignment, I decided to use my Juicy Couture perfume. I decided to use my studio rather than bringing the perfume outdoors in natural lighting. Reason being, I have more guidance on how the lighting will effect the glass perfume bottle. I kept the lighting at a more remote distance because the glare was highly enduring. It was tough for me to try and angle the camera in a way that my body nor any other nonessential figures disturbed the image. I highly enjoyed shooting an item of my choosing!!

Buy Me!

This shoot was very enjoyable to do and I played around a lot with the products. I chose to photograph my favorite perfume, Incanto Dream. The biggest hardship was, once again, the lighting, but I added a few more lights and it made everything brighter and vibrant. For a few of the photos I added just a bit on contrast and I feel like it really punched up the feel of it. I decided to shoot at two different times, once in the daylight with natural sunlight coming through, and once at night with just fluorescent lighting. I changed the background a few times as well as the surface, just to add variety. The second hardest part was doing everything myself, such as the lighting, arranging the product, coming up with new ideas, etc. Overall, I think the photos come off as fun, flirty and girly, which is usually a good approach to advertising for women’s products.

Buy me!

For this assignment, the Macy*s product I chose to photograph was a Keurig brewer. I went about choosing this product by deciding that I wanted to use an appliance – that way I could photograph it in its natural habitat, the kitchen! 🙂 However, I chose not to use other appliances like the toaster, toaster oven, kettle, or blender because of the reflective qualities of the stainless steel and glass, plus I really like the Keurig. Since filming in the kitchen and not in my DIY studio in the attic I used one of the counters in my kitchen. I cleared it of all the things that were there that way the Keurig would stand out and be the obvious focus in the pictures. I also used only the kitchen light and whatever sunlight was coming through the window on the left side. I used props in all of my photos – whatever I thought would help the Keurig seem appealing to potential customers. Also, in a few pictures I used the K-cup carousel and different K-cups packs. I thought that using Keurig products would not only help to advertise this product well but also show what the Keurig can do.