a work in progress, to be revisited?

this last weekend i hit the studio again to shoot a rather uniquely featured teapot.  i kinda liked the way that it looked, kinda not, but really wanted to give it a shot.  as one familiar with lighting shiny objects would guess, the mirrored surface presented some challenges.  the solution-not surprisingly-was similar to how car photographers approach shooting cars:  in pieces.  since the best look often can’t be achieved in one take, the technology gods have blessed us with masked layers.  a few different lighting setups and some experimentation yields the best possible result:

i think it turned out very nice, very pretty.  but next weekend i have a plan to put it not under, but over the spotlight.  confused?  come back next week!