deep etching

i was thinking of doing a cigar add, but because of recent tobacco laws i think i might not be able to do this. im not to sure as well if i should have to model smoking the cigar or if it should be unlit, or if maybe i just have a models face in it.

ideas!

i like the use of the simple black and fading grey back ground

the way the cigar is positioned in the image, but not as big. the size of the cigar in this image is to big i think

and i would like to use a girl model

mock up:

this is somewhat close to what i was hoping to achieve, a simple fancy text with a model holding the cigar and the main cigar on the right hand side. the look in the image im going for is a fancy upper class, a"prestige" feel about the hole thing.

instead of the use of the white back ground i was hoping to replace it with black, and give the model red lipstick to also relate to the red label. instead of shooting landscape i will try shoot portrait because of the magazine style spread

here some styles that i will be aiming for. darker, rich, fancy

i tried looking up casino style lighting and it came up with bright flashing lights with a trashier look about the whole thing

the closest and most realistic ideal lighting would be this, its simple yet elegant. although it is just a plain black lit wall it has so much potential. instead of lighting the whole thing i was thinking of using a snoot have a more direct centered lighting 

group photo

i don't have a group of office friends i can shoot or do i know where to start. i was siting at home the other day and there was a car crash out the front and we had to call the police and fire brigade, so that's where i came up with the idea of doing a group of fire fighters dressing in uniform in the station.

product photography ideas

when it came time i booked my studio i had nothing to do, so i started to mess around with shooting paper animals. (there was a weird effect that occurred, if you look closely on the back gr

ound of the baby powder and the cow you can notice a black shadow aro

und it)

so for myproduct i was hoping create a diorama sort of scene with animals or dinosaurs, iv bought some toys dog so i was going to try and advertising dog food w

ith a caption like "all dogs love this dog food even toy dogs". I was also thinking using the dinosaurs in maybe trying to advertise moisturizer or something.

ideas?

ideas! thinking about it after a while i was hoping to do kids toys for a brochure. toys id like to use are barrel of monkeys, play doh, mr potat o head, gumby, army men, game, toy cars

test shoot with barrel of monkeys

final shoot with barrel of monkeys!!

well im really happy with the way this one went! i got the action and the movement in the monkeys that i was hoping for. also managing the lighting to wrap AROUND the barrel instead of looking like a dogs breakfast. but still i think it can maybe use a little more done to it

shoot with game boy

play doh ideas:

my shoot with the play doh!

i liked the composition of the idea for the other play doh add but i think its a bit to messy, so i decided i would stick with the idea of having some of the play doh out of the bucket, but i was more content on it being rolled up into balls, it was a much more appealing than having it in a big seedy lump on top of the buckets. the major problem i faced was with the rough shadows left from the play doh balls, i tried fixing them with another soft box on the other side but it started to look messy with the shadows. i found moving the light higher and directing it down eliminated the problem, but i think i like it more with the shadows and the table was to close to the back ground witch created the pink highlights in the shadows. so.... i think i might have to reshoot