By Erika Kruger
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Perfume Power to the People - Fragrant Finery for the Festive Season |
While perfume can be described as
liquid art, perfume bottles can surely be considered objects d' art in itself.
Towards
the end of last year Martin and I collaborated with Somerset West perfumista,
Diana Rankin to contribute an article to the Nov/Des issue of the digital
magazine Land n Sand.
The
article told the story of this very successful e-commerce and perfume events company but Diana also shared some tips on how to select and apply perfume to complete
that special outfit for end-of-year functions.
I wanted
the images to convey the feeling of good cheer and the excitement of the
festive season. My brief to Martin was to create the illusion of the
perfume bottles actually attending a party.
So rather
than shooting straight-forward product shots against a white background, Martin
placed the bottles on clear glass and positioned multi-coloured Christmas
lights in the background.
He used a slow shutter speed with the 105 macro lens to prevent the strobe lights from overriding the much weaker fairy lights causing its effect to disappear completely.
Different coloured
gels were used to add variety to the shots.
I was
delighted with the result. The images truly complemented the story I wanted to
tell.
And above
all, both our clients were happy!
