Audiocom Player

[Hamish Gill]

Been working in the studio the last couple of days... I guessed you might find balustrade fittings (yesterdays job) a little boring ... Todays project was a little more interesting!

Shot with two lights, the first straight on and 45 degrees up from about 2m away. It was a slightly diffused light with a slit of light coming through a set of barn doors to light the logos and the depth of the player. Then a second which was way off about 3 m to the right and only just above the player in hight. This second light had a snoot and was to light the width of the player.
The surface it's on is brushed aluminium effect material.
Shot with the D800 and 16-35mm at 35mm



Quite interested to hear your thoughts @Nathan Wright

 

[Nathan Wright]

Wow, the logo came out so clean and nice and there is heaps of texture. Well done. It would be great in an independent magazine spread, maybe a double. It's great. Got all the necessaries to make people want to know more about the product. Crazy angle. My widest lens is 50mm!

 

[Hamish Gill]

I like a wide angle lenses for this sort of thing, gives a bit of drama I think! I have skewed the perspective a little to enhance the effect too ...

It will be in hifi+ next month/month after, so I'm hoping they will use these pictures rather than shoot their own... I have my fingers crossed for a cover, but I think that might be a long shot!

I'm glad you like it, your pictures inspired me to try a bit harder with mine!

 

[Pete Askew]

Nice an moody Hamish and, as Nathan says, the logo stands out nicely and contrast well with the textures.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Here is the other model



Used highly diffused lights for this one!

 

[Pete Askew]

Also works well. If I had to choose though I like the extra 'drama' of the first I think.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

The first is superb, but the second does nothing for me, Hamish. Love the drama of the first, though it is not over the top. Catches the attention. The second...meh.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I prefer the first too ... It's a more interesting thing I photograph, with much more interesting methods. The second needed to look like the first, but because they are very different in the way they look and the materials they are made from, this was the best balance I could find

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Go Hamish! Looking dramatic certainly - fingers crossed for the mag

 

[Paul Abbott]

Well, that looks like it could be the quintessential image for advertising this product...

 

[Hamish Gill]

Thank you, that's the plan

Here it is in situ on their website. I took the white background shots too, but they are perhaps a touch less interesting

http://www.audiocominternational.co...ers/180-oppo-bdp-105d-audiocom-signature.html