Flying Animals!

I had an image in my mind for quite some time: my wife Ahreum surrounded by stuffed animals. I know, it is definitely weird, but what can I say?

I used a very simple lighting scheme. I aimed the key light through an umbrella to bathe Ahreum and the animals in even light. I aimed the background light at the wall and blasted it white. My goal was to avoid creating too many shadows in order to make post-processing easier. This had some drawbacks as I will discuss later. I shot Ahreum and each stuffed animal separately. Here are some behind the scenes photos:

My original sketch. Always start with at least one sketch!

Lighting setup for Ahreum. She stood in front of the rear/left light stand (replace the table with Ahreum).

Lighting setup for the stuffed animals. I lowered both lights and placed the animals on top of the table.

The image did not turn out exactly the way I wanted. I think it looks too flat. This is no surprise since I wanted to drench everything in light in order to avoid having to deal with too many shadows. The effort was really fun though and was an excuse for me to fire up Photoshop for the first time in a long time!