For this photoshoot, I was able to experiment with photographing products in the studio. After a talk with Allana Wilks (Serenity Studios) about product photography and how she has built a business from home photographing for brands on social media, she brought in some products and I was able to shoot these in the studio and learn about different techniques. Such as, what brands want in an image, the role light and shadows play, and also different ways to build a home studio. I found this fun and interesting to see how it can be done at home instead of a professional studio, for the images, I experimented with different props like slate, flowers, and ribbon to achieve a certain aesthetic that matched the jewellery I was shooting. I also used textured glass to create interesting light and shadows on the photo which turned out well. I went on to shoot some of my own objects like jewellery and perfume, these turned out okay but I definitely prefer the ones with the props and reflections. It was useful to hear how brands will ask for a certain aesthetic and how then to achieve that without filling the image with too many props and making it look too busy or overwhelming. This is definitely something I can practice further in the studio and at home. 

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I then went on to photograph some guitars and experiment further with different setups and lighting. I wanted to see how far i could push the shadows to create interesting shapes and add depth to the photos. I started with two guitars in the beginning, but I found that I couldn't properly position them to work well together so I decided to just use one and that worked a lot better. I wanted to experiment mainly with silhouette, rim, and split lighting as that was the aesthetic I was going for, I think butterfly or any front facing lighting would've looked very bright and product like, whereas I wanted more of a dark aesthetic to match the electric guitars. Later on I experimented with a slow shutter speed of one second and moved the camera in different directions and zoom bursts to create a motion effect, I later changed the shutter speed to 1/6 of a second as the whole second was working, but lost a lot of definition on the guitars and I wanted to be able to still see them in detail. The 1/6 worked really well and I really like the results that almost created a double exposure and added motion to the photos.