Not mine! Cerys wore these only once and hired Dad to take some photos so she can sell them online. I was hired for free of course.

Rembrandt lighting with different amounts of fill.

I’ve been cleaning out the garage and attempting to sell things online that I no longer want. That means a doing some quick product photography – which is a lot harder than it might seem. For fun, I threw in one of my favourite compasses. This is the US army issue lensatic compass, which has tritium markings that make the compass readable in the dark.

I put the compass in a low-cost white photo tent and illuminated it from the top and sides with three basic worklights with daylight bulbs. I added a circular polarizing filter to my lens to eliminate the glare on the glass, which was bad otherwise.

My first photos showed lots of dust in the nooks and crannies, so I had to scrub the compass with a toothbrush and then use compressed air to remove the dust.

I documented my smoothie-making process this morning just to prove to myself that food photography IS HARD. Getting the background to be white so the photos float is the biggest challenge.

Start with some berries and a banana for added smoothie thickness.

Cut the fruit, drop it into a container, put it in the freezer, and then go and work out.smoothie5-1

Gather some protein powder (I like chocolate), some flax seed meal, and some type of milk (in this case vanilla almond milk).

Use a stick blender to blend it all up. Toss in a few ice cubes and blend further.

Wash the stick blender immediately by “blending” some soapy water. Then pour and enjoy.