More 'product' photography

What a full day! You'd think I would have taken a photo of something Thanksgivingy, but I was more involved in watching the Macy's parade and pitching in with dinner, and didn't even think to pick up my camera. We rested a bit after dinner, watched the Westminster dog show (I liked the Bulldog out of the final seven, personally), then piled back in the truck to make the drive home. I'm so exhausted that I was THIIIIIISSS tempted to post the sunset photo I took last night, but it would need more tweaking than I'm allowing myself for NaBloPoMoPHOTO.

I know this one looks like the previous two, but I used an on-camera speedlight bounced off the wall behind rather than a CFL/umbrella to the side. Also used a much wider/higher angle. It's two tubes of mascara, a thing of eyeshadow, and nailpolish (some of the makeup for a water sprite).

Tomorrow I will post a photo that does not involve small items on a piece of posterboard, I promise!

Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/40
ISO: 250
Focal Length: 80.0 mm
Flash: On-camera speedlight (bounced)
White Balance: Auto

Cheap ribbon saves the day

Realized twenty minutes ago that I'd not touched my camera all day. I've been working on processing photos from Friday, Saturday, and Monday. So I frantically set up a piece of posterboard against my headboard, dug out my tripod and clamped a CFL/Uumbrella fixture to it, then pointed it at the posterboard. And was stuck. What to photograph? I wandered around the house, picking things up and turning them over in my hands, looking for an interesting angle. Nothing worth the pixels. Then I spied a box of Target Dollar Spot ribbon on the shelf over my craft table. Aha!

My white balance target is still in the back of my truck from yesterday, and I was too lazy to go get it. So I did cheat a bit and tweak the white balance in ACR.

Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/40
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 85.0 mm
Flash: None
White Balance: Tweaked