Monday I was given a 6-pack and an assortment of stickers/signs from the Sheriff's office and told to make an illustration on a new program that is trying to reduce teenage drinking. The only catch was that I already had two assignments that afternoon/evening and still had to tone photos for the next day's paper.
I wanted to keep it simple and straight to the point so that the message didn't get lost in the illustration. I set up a mirror on a card table in our studio and brought down a black seamless background to help me build the basic setup. I used a pair of red gels on a speedlight to create the background. I used another speedlight with a snoot at camera right to illuminate the yellow colored sticker. Initially the bottles still had the labels on them and while they were not readable I didn't like that they were preventing some of the color to shine through the bottles. After removing all the labels with some water and elbow grease I set the shot back up and the resulting image is above. Other than a crop the above image is straight out of camera. I really enjoy doing controlled studio setups like this because I can visualize the end result and then use my ever growing lighting knowledge to execute the image.
-JCE
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