My decision to spray paint the model box black was a idea generated from my conversation with the David, the senior lecturer of photography's suggestion to use a black background as a background for my images. Also being a stagnant colour, meant that not much light light would be reflected off the surfaces making it easier to control the direction and colour of the light. I liked the idea of having a contrast between the background and the box as well. On top of this, i feel like it makes it look all that more presentable.
Another tip that David gave me was to photograph my images with north light (natural light). I went about doing just this. However, the stark contrast between the black of the box and the white background didn't quite sit right with north light. It seemed inevitable that i'd need to create an ambience with artificial lighting. In reflection on the photographs i'd already shot, I decided to unwrap the lights form around the table as I decided it was too distracting from the layered scenes. I was determined to direct the viewer's attention directly at the middle of the composition.
I decided also to play around with the positioning of the lighting within the model box. The above image shows how I lined the ridges with the LED fairy lights. This made sure that each scene would be equally lit: Here are some of the results from this experiment....
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