I’m geeking out on product photography at the moment….if it’s clean and near me I’ll shoot it.

Watches have always fascinated me when it comes to product photography. I look in these glossy magazines and see the shiny metal objects that cost more than my car (not that that’s saying much), and I admire the way the photographers use specular reflections to create texture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specular_reflection). If you shoot a shiny silver watch alone it will look like a big silver thing with no way to discern the difference between surfaces. Specular reflections of white and black bounce cards can create texture and depth to the subject.

The watch was lit by a ring flash front-on and 2 flashes underneath. 2 white panels of foam core and 1 piece of black cardboard were used to create the specular reflections. Next time I won’t use a ring flash and use a double diffused strobe to prevent the reflections in the watch face glass.