Toiletry porn

Antony is a well-known figure at the windsurfing club. He drives a smart car, lives in a smart condo, and the official reason for his affluence is that he provides “bathroom accessories” (soap, shampoo etc.) to major hotel chains.

However, Pattaya Days has uncovered damning evidence that Antony spends his leisure time looting the bathrooms of luxury hotels to feed his kleptomaniac tendencies. How else to explain the sackfuls of fragrant offerings he furtively brought round to my condo and asked me to photograph. No doubt he wanted to share photos of his acquisitions with his like-minded friends around the world; toiletry porn.

I felt a bit guilty at feeding his obsession, but I had never photographed “product” before, so first I had to establish a suitable platform. Regular readers who marvelled at the construction miracle that was my blue pipe SUP frame, will be saddened to know that it is no more. But wipe away those tears, for now it is born again as “product photography frame, version 2”. (Version 1 was a bit of a disaster and will be discussed no further).

Several hours later, after playing with backing sheets, pieces of acrylic and lighting, I realised product photography is not as easy as it may appear. Still we managed some shots which are already gracing the private galleries of toiletry aficionados around the world. Their minds may be murky, but at least their hands are clean.

Comments 🔗

2009-08-03 | genuinej says

Great stuff, but where’s the aromatherapy condomm(s) ?

2009-08-04 | ECO WARRIOR says

You at least appear to have recycled the blue plastic pipe from the SUP Frame disaster… well done

2009-08-04 | Spike says

genuinej, the condoms appeared in a separate photo featuring “used items” (being Antony, the condom had only been used in a very small way). It seemed inappropriate to publish this photo in what is a family publication.

ECO Billy, “disaster”? I’ll have you know it was featured prominently in SUP Storage Magazine.

2009-08-04 | Pete says

I Googled “SUP Storage Magazine” as I thought that could be quite an interesting read. How surprised I was when it came back with :-

No results found for “SUP Storage Magazine”. Results for SUP Storage Magazine (without quotes):

I can’t understand what went wrong …..

2009-08-04 | Spike says

It’s underground. Members only.

2009-08-06 | todd says

some notes - hang a white sheet behind the camera and and for additional white light - pick up a couple of desk lamps, buy the white fluro energy saver bulbs, cut up some white bed sheet, put it over the lamp and secure it with a rubber band.

place them around the products and you’ll get some nice soft white light :)

2009-08-06 | Spike says

Thanks Todd. I have told she who must be obeyed that I need to rip up the bed sheets in the pursuit of art.