Macro Photography-(table top) Introduction.

 Notes:

105mm Nikon Macro lens. 

• Same principles of 'lighting angles' apply, as with portraiture ect. 
• Shallow depth of field to reduce distance
• Reducing shutter speed by: Using a tripod, higher shutter speed, remote trigger-cable release 
• Pay extra attention to detail and composition due to how close up you will be
• Various coloured card- use
• Use a lens hood or black card to reduce 'lens flare'

Lighting Ratios

Key light listed first : Fill light listed second      
1:1 - Lights are equal          

2:1 - One stop difference    

3:1 - One and a half stops difference 

4:1 - Two stops difference

Need

• Bx Kit + Stands
• 105mm Macro lens-Nikon
• Tripod
• Skyport
• Reflector
• Softbox-snoot
• D80/D90
• Light metre 
• EX lead

I experimented with Macro lens and below are my results.
I shot in RAW.
Exposures: Aperture: f4, ISO: 200, Shutter speed: 1/125

Evaluation
This shoot was great fun but i found it more time consuming than portrait shooting. I would really love to do some more still life, macro.
It was fairly easy as the subject is still. I chose to use an xbox controller because there are plenty of buttons to allow experimenting with depth of field.
I chose the blue background because commonly, xbox is stereotyped as a 'boys' toy, this relates to the colour blue also being associated with males.
The first three photos that were taken are relatively dark compared to the rest and i later realised this was because I was standing in the way of the left light. 

LIGHTING DIAGRAM HERE