Photo Projects: Metal

Photographing glass and metal is a process. The items themselves hold complexities that cannot be captured in just any light. Light is the component that is hardest to control in these circumstances.

The family of angles is also the main aspect that is hardest to understand when it comes to the light. How does light react when it is reflected from metal or glass? For metal, the object itself is essential to understand, is it round? Flat? Does it have sharp edges to it, texture, curves? All of these need to be taken into account when setting up the lighting for the object.

The family of angles is how light reacts with light. Essentially a game of understanding reflections. For metal, I have chosen to photograph a metal bowl with a lot of texture. Refining detail will be difficult and take time, but the object should not be too complicated to light.