Cast metal sculpture

Don Kondra

"Nurture" by Michael Hosaluk.

These objects are roughly 4" long...



Cheers, Don

jiro

Superb control on color latitude and shading, Don. This must be a studio shot if I am not mistaken. Stellar! thumb

Dogdots

I like this one. What are those things if you don't mind me asking

Don Kondra

jiro wrote: »

Superb control on color latitude and shading, Don. This must be a studio shot if I am not mistaken. Stellar! thumb

Thank you very much.

Yes, they were shot in my woodshop/studio. Two B1600's with 2' x 3' softboxes bounced off the ceiling, black seamless paper.

Dogdots wrote: »

I like this one. What are those things if you don't mind me asking

Thank you. Well, they are sculptures

Interactive Art if you will. Each piece is seperate and can be arranged to your liking..

Cheers, Don

Dogdots

Don Kondra wrote: »

Interactive Art if you will. Each piece is seperate and can be arranged to your liking..

Cheers, Don

Interactive art ... I like that terminology

Don Kondra

It actually works Mary

I had company the other evening and had them sitting on a stool. The pieces, not the company

Both of my guests couldn't help but handle them and rearrange them.

First there is the pleasant surprise of their weight, they're not exactly heavy but they are cast bronze and heavier than they appear.

Then their shape invites touching, there is just something about the feel of smooth curved pieces of metal..

I was very pleased with my low key image but reshot the pieces for a more traditional product image for use by a gallery.



The first image was shot with two B1600's/softboxes bounced of my 10' ceiling.

For the above shot I moved a smaller strobe/softbox as close as I could to the objects and placed them on a piece of smoked glass over white foamcore.



Cheers, Don

Dogdots

Thank you for including your set up. Smoked glass .. never would of thought about using that over foam core. I'm going to have to try this out. I don't have the lighting system you have, but I'll work on something for that.

I can see why people would pick them up and move them around. They look so interesting and inviting to touch. Certainly little things that intrigue me.

Your photo and objects has my mind running with ideas

Don Kondra

You are welcome Mary,

I was never quite satisfied with the texture of seamless paper for smaller objects. Still need to try the glass on paper to "see" the difference...

The smoked glass just seemed to be the "right" background, I did shoot with clear and found the image to be a bit stark.



FYI the back softbox is just there to block reflections.



And slate seemed a bit busy

To be fair, the slate should have been cleaned and recoated...



Cheers, Don

Dogdots

The clear was stark and cold to me. Your pick of the smoked glass was a good choice. I did like the slate tho, but after seeing the smoked glass ... well that was the winner

After looking at your set up again I can see how big those things are you photographed. Bigger then I had imaged.

Oh .. nice workshop Brought back memories of my Dad doing his wood working.

clickin girl

HMMM. I think this actually very interesting. I can see how people would want to mess with them. I want to reach out and touch them just sitting here looking at them!