Digital Photography & Imaging - Week 7

3.11.2025 - 7.11.2025 (Week 7)
Cheyenne Liew Khye Yean / 0378330
Digital Photography & Imaging / Bachelor of Design (Hons) Creative Media
Project 2

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LECTURE

No lecture on Week 7.

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PRACTICAL

This week, I started the shooting of the objects I wanted to use in my final work, which is the soda can and batteries.

Before shooting, I looked on Pinterest for some references on how soda commercials are usually shot to get some quick ideas.

Figure 1.1 References (Source: Reference 1, Reference 2), Week 7 (4/11/2025)

Then, I set up my shooting space on my desk with 2 sheets of white A2 paper as the background and covered my table lamp with a sheet of baking paper for diffusion, as mentioned in the lectures. 

Figure 1.2 General Setup, Week 7 (4/11/2025)

Figure 1.3 Soda Can Shoot Outcomes, Week 7 (4/11/2025)

I tried out 2 different layouts based on my references to see which one would look better when replaced as batteries. I treated it like an actual product photoshoot in a way where I tried to keep the logo as visible as possible.

Figure 1.4 Setup #2, Week 7 (4/11/2025)

Since the batteries were so small, I stacked some thick books on top of each other to create a platform and added an extra 2 sheets of A3 paper over my existing setup.

Figure 1.5 Battery Shoot Outcomes, Week 7 (4/11/2025)

I picked an image from each layout to send to Mr. Fitri for feedback, and was told to proceed with Layout #2 due to the better lighting.

Figure 1.6 Final Selected Shots, Week 7 (5/11/2025)

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REFLECTION

This week was, yet again, quite busy, but I found the process of shooting the pictures quite fun. The trick of using baking paper as a lighting diffuser made a noticeable difference when shooting. I struggled with shooting both the cans and batteries at the same angle, but I feel like my final selected shots are close enough to work with.