Week 4: Color and Lighting - Assignment 2

I spent most of my time on this assignment deciding what to use for my object. I wanted a dynamic object that would be able to capture light in many different ways and forms. I ended up choosing a glass Coke bottle, thinking that maybe the rounded glass would refract light and make different lighting scenes look very unique. In hindsight, maybe an non-translucent object would have been better; something that actually reflects the light and has different angles for the light to hit, but I think I was able to get some unique shots with the glass bottle. I took some shots outside in the sun, some inside with the flash, and several at night with different light sources.

First, I took the bottle outside and took a photo with the sun reflecting off of it:

Then I attempted to change it up and shoot the bottle with the sunlight coming through it:

The next two shots were taken at night with the light source coming from underneath the bottle:

This second shot with the light source beneath the bottle also included the use flash:

I also tried some back-lighting with the glass bottle:

I also took several nighttime shots with the light source coming from an angle instead of directly behind. The first shot was taken with flash and the final two shots were not.