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Maple Coffee Table


Matt Laur

Shot on a 12-foot-wide roll of Savage white seamless paper from a 16' cross-pipe on Manfrotto Auto Poles in the client's home. Lit with four Buff lights, one 12' high and camera right through a 60" white Lastolite Umbrella Box, another bounced out of a camera-right 40" white umbrella, another bounced of a low 40" reflector, also camera right, and the last through a 36" strip box, horizontal, behind the object, camera left.Manual exposure after some metering with a Sekonic L358 and a bit of chimping on the ratios. Triggering one of the lights with a Buff CyberSync transmitter/receiver pair, the other lights being simple optical slaves.Post work was done in Capture NX2, with Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 plugins (the latter used to do a bit of white neutralizing and some mid-range tonal contrast control).

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A recent project involving large, heavy, shiny-surfaced hardwood art

furniture for the maker's portfolio and show entry requirements. Some

challenging lighting situations, to be sure. Thanks for any pointers!

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When I first saw this I thought how great this would be look in a catalog.  It shows the design well, as well as the texture of the wood.  I guess I wasn't far off base about the reason for the shot.  I love the gentle shadows and stark white background.  Very well done!  Who is this woodworker?  I love this piece!

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Thanks, Pierre and Christal!

The woodworker is Rich Grenier, in Boyds, Maryland. He's also working up a new web presence, to which I'll link at some point. He does very nice work.

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Your lighting seems excellent for this type of work (as well as your P/P). The detail in the tabletop shows up nicely, as well as the 'clear coat' that finishes off the table top. My first husband used to make these types of tables years ago. They are beautiful and only become more attractive with age. Very nice work!

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