Studio Snapshots » chinese export http://www.allegrasblog.com the life and times of Allegra's Studio Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:33:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Antique Porcelain http://www.allegrasblog.com/posts/products/antique-porcelain/ http://www.allegrasblog.com/posts/products/antique-porcelain/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:26:11 +0000 Allegra http://www.allegrasblog.com/?p=1787 This was a change for me!  I don’t make a habit of commercial work but every once in a while something comes up that I just cant resist  I’ve been commissioned to photograph a number of stunning antique porcelain mugs and tankards for a book on Chinese Export.  I can’t show off too many pending publication but here are two of my favorites – the art direction was fairly strict as they had to “match” the other items being photographed around the world for the book.

mugA

this one was interesting – how do you show the amazing luminosity of an 18th century mug with varied thicknesses?

mugB

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