Glass object photography
Photographing a glass object is a lot harder than it looks. With my science background, I decided to use test tubes.
After getting the lighting for the empty tubes, I filled them with various levels of vinegar, baking soda, and blue food coloring. Results weren’t ideal and so I moved onto rubber cement and fire.
Incidentally, I emptied out the test tubes and after placing them back in the rack I realized that I really liked their “dirty” and “used” look. This gave me the final picture that I was looking for:
A rack of test tubes fizzle out after a weak acid and base reaction that lasted for about five minutes. Blue food coloring was used to help make it more visible. Lighting these glass objects consisted of three light sources with two soft boxes and at least one reflector.
Lighting diagram for glass object shoot. It took over 2 hours to get this perfected set up for the final set of frames.
A lot of research went into my latest Missourian article about potholes in Columbia becoming a problem due to the long winter. This one made front page and continued into the mid-section with some neat graphics.
I also attended a Boone County Commission meeting where improvements to U.S. 63 and Route H were discussed. In addition to this article, a follow-up may be written (including graphics) if legislation is passed for the construction.
