I wanted to revisit my still life work of the Jack Daniel's bottle with studio lighting to see how it compares to ambient lighting with the same brief.
One of the advantages of studio lighting is the ability to have more than one light source, however controlling so many aspects of the image can be overwhelming and difficult to assess should the image not turn out as planned. I built the light set-up one light at a time.
I wanting to illuminate the liquid inside the bottle along with the label. I started with a snoot to be able to direct the light however I pulled the snoot back to enable a wider pool of light.
I noticed the angle of the isn't illuminating the liquid in the glass and is also cast a shadow from the glass onto the bottle label.
The drink is now illuminated and i've notied the refraction of the light from the bottle have also created a glow on the left side. The side in shadow is still lit due to the white infinity cover reflecting the light back into and around the room.
I could have flagged the light to stop it spilling onto the side of the bottle but as I wanted more light, I left it.
I added a second light, a softbox to light the side of the bottle. Due to the softbox being so big and spreading light everywhere it also lit the background. However I find I like the result.
Happy with the lighting I built up the set with props
Overall i like the final image, the composition isn't the best but throughout the shoot i learned how much building a set one light at a time can help.