In order to ensure I got the best shot of my chosen items, I originally experimented with both a light and dark backdrop. The dark backdrop was rather difficult to work with, and because I wanted a textured background for the item to be sat on, the lighting became difficult for me to alter for the larger item.
With the lighter background, the lighting became easier to alter. Because the background was rather faded, It had a negative effect on the item, making them darker and losing a lot of the detail.
I wanted to make sure The final images I took were as high a quality as I could possibly get, and so spent a good few minutes altering the ISO and exposure, but as I had to use artificial light to gain the result I was looking for, It was hard to get a decent result. I moved the lamp multiple times, holding it closer, further away and making it direct.
It was then I decided to use different backgrounds for each item. I noticed that one of the items looked better with a brighter coloured background, where the others stood out on a darker one.
