Conception: The origin of this shot is simple: I hadn't shot anything today and it was getting late. My friend Jason Seguin was over and in between photography discussions we were enjoying the antics of my daughter, Hannah. She came over with her sippy cup and set it down on my desk and asked for more milk. I saw the shadow cast by the halogen spot in my office and it piqued my interest.
Execution: The lone halogen light wasn't nearly bright enough to get a decent shot with my phone so we recreated it with a much brighter incandescent photo light. Since the light was so much larger than the original halogen we had to focus it down. Jason held a second metal dish over the first and we lit the cup through the small hole in the light shade. I love that this assignment has force me to consider creative and off-the-cuff solutions.
Editing: Color correction for the tungsten lighting and the standard sharpen and contrast that most camera phones so desperately need.
