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     I had a product lighting assignment that was to be shot in only available light, which could either be outdoors or window light. I'm a huge supporter of air conditioning, as well as soft, directional light, so I chose to set up in my window at the apartment. I bought a thin sheet of black poster board and propped it up to create a curve that resembled a small cyc wall. The window was camera left, and I had a large piece of white foam board to camera right to fill in some of the shadows. I love the detail in the glass dip pen, and I liked how the smooth glass stood out against the surface of the box behind it. I set this up the night before and shot it as soon as I woke up, so I'm a little confused about why I used the settings that I did (f/14 @ 1/4  ISO320). I'm usually a morning person, but something was clearly not working for me at that moment.     This was the point at which I remembered the assignment sheet specified that we were not to use highly reflective objects such as glass. 

     Oops.

     I immediately went to the kitchen and grabbed my salt shaker and pepper grinder because I thought it would be clear what they were without being too traditional. I used the same setup, and I really like how it turned out. I was at f/7.1 @ 1/8  ISO160, which makes a little more sense than the first picture but not a great deal. I liked that the grinder had a smooth finish but still showed enough grain to clearly see that it was made of wood. I also kept the apple salt shaker in the background to show that the subject was a pepper grinder since it might just look like a wooden pear with a strange handle-ish thing sticking out of it. I thought if it was displayed as a set, they could be easily defined as salt and pepper. 

     Unfortunately I had forgotten them in my room when I left for school in the morning, so I was very confused when I started cooking lunch. It served as a friendly reminder that sometimes I can get a little too caught up in the moment.