Could I take a photo of an LED bulb? I thought I probably could so agreed to have a go.
When a bulb is not doing the job for which it was designed, it is easy enough to shoot. Put it on a piece of my favourite plastic pipe so it suspended above the shootings surface and produce a generic shot with almost no shadow.
Shadow time, using a diffused light source for a soft shadow (and a reflection of the light on the bulb) or a direct bulb for a hard shadow (with a pinpoint reflection}:
But plug the bugger in and it all becomes more difficult. Expose to capture the bulb properly and the bulb holder will be a dark mess. Light the whole scene with a studio light and the bulb appears blow out and the colour disappears. You need to shoot the bulb with no extra light whilst throwing light on the holder. The solution was some small lights with black plastic taped on top to ensure that the light hit the holder, but not the bulb:
Et voilà:
Pattaya Days, undertaking projects you have no interest in for my own amusement working out how to shoot stuff, so you don’t have to.
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2011-04-14| Wally saysA sort of levitating bulb so to speak ? (first 3 photos only)