Saturday 25 March 2017

White on white tabletop is a challenge for Keith Robins Photography
 With a roll of £3 wallpaper as a background, a recycled bottle from someone else's waste bin, a couple of glasses from a charity shop, plus a £7 can of white spray and a plastic rose the costs are hardly mounting up.
 Now add a framework to support the wallpaper. Two long reach woodworking clamps, fixed to each end of the recycled kitchen unit used as a bench, have plastic overflow pipe slotted over them.
 At the top of these are two Tee joints through which rests a length of metal tubing from an old shower curtain. This supports the wallpaper which is pulled out and secured with three large clips.
 Lighting is from the 'Lighthouse' LED lamp which runs on a pair of AA batteries.
 Out of an 8 second exposure I illuminated the background for two seconds stationary and then waved the light sideways to reduce the shadows coming forward.
 This is my favourite shot out of twenty or so images.
This is the light I used.
Here is a slight variation on the method of lighting, mainly, waving the lamp up and down to create reflections.
 I've also brewed up some tea for what I think Malibu looks like. To avoid scum and the cut down condensation I used cold water and merely floated a Red Bush teabag on top for three minutes.



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