Impromptu product photography. Today's picture is of a knitting project my friend Elissa did. This was a bit interesting to photograph, because naturally, the knitting designs are very important for the photograph.
I set it up outside, with the sun coming from behind camera left. When I used on camera flash, it really washed out the colors, even when I stopped it down as far as I could. Then I decided that I was going to use the sunlight for fill (even though it created the lines from her deck) and have my SB-600 set on slave mode to fire down on /thru the shawl from behind. Obviously I got some ghosting/glare from the flash firing, but it wasn't excessive. The thing I liked was that it seem to make all of the knitting a lot more clear, even in the tightly knit parts of the shawl.
I didn't really have an idea setup for this. Obviously it would have been better if the sun would have been higher in the sky so the deck railings weren't causing issues. Also, if I didn't have to use chairs as stands for the shawl. Nonetheless, I was rather pleased with what I got out of this picture. I think that part of the photography process is how to make the best out of the available equipment you have. I think I did moderately well for what I had to work with.
Exposure Information:
1/60 sec, f/6.3, 35mm, ISO 100
Original photograph can be seen here.
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