lighting products... like chocolates

It's pretty easy lighting a small product.

Get your light source over and slightly behind

the subject.  This emphasizes the shape.

Then add a reflector in front to fill in the

shadow.  You can put it right up close 

just outside the frame. I just used a sheet of paper

as a reflector here.

Using your telephoto

A long telephoto is a lot of fun.

It compresses the space and flattens

the picture. It's a way to see that 

we cannot do with our eyes.

Use a floor and a high angle for a simple headshot.

headshot photography Vancouver

use natural frame for composition

Pan Blur

I always get students to appreciate what slow

 shutter speeds can do. I ask them to shoot me

 on my bike at various shutter speeds, such as
1/4 second, 1/8 second, 1/15 second. With 

digital, you can practice all you want until you

 get it right. I learned with slides and that cost

 me lots of bad pictures. The idea is to get the

 subject at least partially sharp, while blurring 

the backgound to show speed. Just use your Tv

 or S setting to set the speed,set the exposure

 compensation to -1 and follow through as the

 action passes.  Keep the background simple 

and give the subject some space in the frame

 to move into. It took about 20 shots of my 

dog to get this one. The delete button is my

 friend.