Day 54 - photographing metal... scoop

This is an icecream scoop, which presented rather more of a challenge than I had anticipated.  The shiny, curved surfaces reflect almost everything in the room, so controlling the look of the surfaces is incredibly hard.  This was a first attempt, however, so I'm not too disappointed.

This used two flashes.  One is camera left, with a gobo to stop flare on the camera lens.  This gives the two highlights on the edges of the scoop.  A second flash is positioned low down to light a white foam board above.  This creates the lighter area on the inner surface of the scoop, giving the separation between inner surface and outer front edge.

I've still got some unwanted reflections, but its as good as I could manage in an evening!