Lighting angle

11 photographs

Move a light with diffuser round the subject
Then raise the light so it lights from above and take 3 images from directly in front, above and directly behind.

All of these are taken with camera on a tripod, 25sec 1600 ISO f5,6 using an angle-poise lamp and a white lighting umbrella (I'm not entirely sure what prompted me to do it that angle - looks like it is falling through space!)  I like the side and slightly to the front best for straight this-is-an-object photography.  I quite like the ones where the light is slightly behind so it lights up the handle too and like the one where the photo is taken from the front the least.

Side light, slightly to the front

Side light

Directly in front

Side light 

Side from slightly behind

45 degree angle directly in front 

45 directly angle above and to the left

45 degree angle and from slightly behind

45 degree angle above from the right 

45 degree angle side light 

45 degree angle from just behind to the right 

Lit from above 

Lit from behind but with a torch rather than the angle-poise light I used for the others as it was too big to fit behind.