From street photography to landscapes, from still lifes to portraits. Today was a still life day. A couple of years ago, I gave my older daughter a tea set. No, not the kind of tea set one would have to serve stuffed animals at a tea party, but a clay Chinese tea set from Ming Tao Xuan in Montreal. Aside from serving tea, I find it rather photogenic.

The lighting was simple, a single portable strobe shooting into an umbrella, but pointed away from the subject on camera left. The light was close to wrap around the subject becoming a relatively big light. As the flash’s power was aimed away from the subject, the lens was shot wide open resulting in the narrow depth-of-field.

Chinese tea set from Ming Tao Xuan in the old city in Montreal, Quebec.
Chinese tea set from Ming Tao Xuan in the old city in Montreal, Quebec.
Chinese tea set from Ming Tao Xuan in the old city in Montreal, Quebec.