o. Mineral, glass, metal, stone or concrete
o. Low angle
o. Close up
o. vertical, horizontal, or curved diagonal
o. directional single source, side or back
So here is the resultant pitcher:
This object is a geode, sawed and polished on one face (the left) and no larger than the palm of an adult hand. They form naturally in bubbles or voids in volcanic rock. The bubbles in lava harden and over time water with dissolved minerals enters and causes natural crystals to grow inside. The best ones are hollow. This one is solidly filled in but still pretty (those aren't shadows on the face but different colors of minerals). If it looks as if it was lit from two directions, technically there was only one main light, a CFL in a spun alum. reflector in a low 3/4 back position camera left. The highlight on the back of the object, camera right, is from a small Voldemart 2X magnifying mirror placed there to "spotlight" the back, give some texture and rimlighting. That's why I say "technically" it's one light since the other is a mirror. You c'n deduct points if ya wanna.
The backdrop is one of my black tee shirts wadded up artily-like. I used the blue curve in Lightroom to add a little blue to it just 'cuz. In fact I used the curves tool to do all the adjustments, my first time attempting it instead of sliders. I used the little put-it-in-the-picture-and-slide-it-up-or-down deelyboppy thingy. Worked great, less filling. The set was on a tabletop because I can't do not no low angle no more (not and still get back up anyway). Yes, I used a tripod. Yes, I actually own one. No, I didn't forget to turn off the stabilizer thingy this time. I had it in mind to zoom out and shoot the whole set but I forgot.
