Thursday, July 30, 2009

Still Life Rake

I shot this photo for a school project. I like it so much that I ended up printing it and hanging it in my house. It's really not often that a piece of my own work becomes a favorite, but this is one of them.
This was for a still life project of some sort. I don't remember the requirements. I think it was "simple background, single item still life".
If you are interested in the lighting, there is one white lightening with a grid spot pointing down and forward from behind the rake and one other with a large strip box to camera right. This one was flagged so it didn't affect the circle of light or shadow of the rake. I just wanted a little rim light on the tool.
Not that I'm sponsored by Craftsman, but I had a finishing rake like this one - a gift for housewarming. I was moving 3 yards of river rocks with the old rake, when the head popped right off toward the end of the job. I swore a few times and took the old rake back to Sears. I didn't have a receipt, but it was Craftsman, so they took the old busted and gave me the new hotness. I finished the job with my foot or a shovel, so the rake was barely used for this shot.

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