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by Dave Wall Published 01/06/2013

However, somebody knocked the tripod in the last minute causing havoc! From my point of view very amusing but a valuable lesson learned nonetheless.

Next was the turn of the less-experienced group. Although they instantly went along the correct path, they made the fundamental error of changing too many lights all in one go, causing confusion to reign with a few heated debates on the merits and pitfalls of this! Even so I awarded them the winning prize as they completed their shoot without any errors.

When we had finally completed the live shoots everyone commented that it was far harder than they had anticipated, and that maybe I had led them into a false sense of security (which actually was my intention all along).

This part of the day was purely intended for delegates to problem solve, slow down and get organised, as these are the main attributes for any product photographer.

As the afternoon session was now not following a programme, I threw myself on the mercy of the delegates and asked what they wanted to see - always a BIG risk this one, especially when you are working with a background roll that is just a piece of A4 paper (no, I am not joking) and just three watts of lighting!

So next we covered how to shoot effective and efficient cut-outs, using just one watt of light, which was great fun. The next request, however, did make me stop and think 'why am I doing this?'

'Can you show us how to shoot a white, shiny object on a white background?'

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