Oliver Edwards Photography Blog

I have recently Completed a job for Couch Design. A company based in Clifton with a shop in the Arcade. There Sofa’s Couches and chairs are very stylish and modern so are great to photograph with interesting curves and great details. Similar to antiques photography the objects are often very wide and so a big space and lots of powerful lights are needed to photograph them well. Each product presents a lighting challenge to overcome which a fun and I learn ever more about lighting different things.

 

They are done in two ways, a more simple white cutout and a more atmospheric darker photo with more selective low key lighting. A handful of close up details are also done during the process. Here are some of my favourites.

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Last month I had a shoot for an antiques dealer called Tim Bowen in Ferryside,Wales. I have assisted Kiran Ridley shoot antiques in this style before and all ways remember it being really fun as each object poses a new set of lighting issues that need to be overcome. I all ways enjoyed the challenge of problem solving when I was assisting doing antiques and I still found it fun when I was shooting it, but like all jobs it was alot easier when I was assisting without the pressure, deadline and reputation to worry about while shooting.

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Tim and Betsan are all ways really friendly and have some amazing furniture. I allways thing “maybe one day” when looking through his collections of tables, wardrobes and drawers. Have a look at their websitehttp://www.timbowenantiques.co.uk/