Note: Quick edit, got a Merit for the project, really happy with that!

So, after a pretty successful 1st studio shoot I was keen to make some adjustments and improvements  to my theme.  My main aim was to make the product look bigger and get some champagne in the glasses.

I started without champagne trying to set the shot up.  I really struggled to get what I wanted because the sheet of stainless steel I was using was too short.  I couldn’t get the champagne bottle and glasses far away enough to get the right angle.  Also, because the black cloth on the table and the background on the wall were different blacks I was getting a bit of a striped effect:

I then tried getting rid of the stainless steel and pulling the black cloth up over an object in the background to give a more consistent colour:

These looked better.  It then took me a while to rotate the watch to try and avoid reflections and adjust the position of the champagne bottle of glasses.

I then tried some champagne in the glasses and another student suggested putting lipstick on and drinking of one glass, which was a nice touch.  So my best shot from the day, before ‘photoshopping’ was:

After some photoshopping to remove scratches, dust specs and some other adjustments my final image:

I’m still a little frustrated by some of the reflections, but am very happy with my work to remove some of the marks and the dark ‘seksy’ look i’ve given to the watch.

All handed in and awaiting marking now…

One final thing:

At the end of the shoot, after sampling the champagne.  We decided a shot of the watch on the stainless steel, surrounded by champagne would look nice:

We we’re quite pleased in the end!