Light—Science & Magic
The book Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting is a must for any photographer. As usual, I skimmed a few chapters, then ran off to hardware and art supply stores, and only now revisit the book in detail.
For lighting, start with what you have, or is readily affordable. A few pieces of black cardboard, black masking tape, and a thin opening for a desk lamp creates a nice box to shoot in:
This box helped create:
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The Camersaurus Apertus shot it a bit flawed: overexposed wire, reflection off the too-close black background, and errant blue highlight from another desklamp. On the other hand, I am learning a lot—that steel cable is really difficult to work with—that one should clean and dust everything—that photography is rife with specialized vocabulary.
A few pieces of white cardboard plus a flash facilitate white-on-white shots:
