This gift, frankly, is kind of a mess. (That seems to be the theme...) —the awkwardly place wide ribbon, is, IIRC, there to cover up some advertising or other, and it kinda ruins the line.
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tall, white gift with star garlanding, silver snowflake, magnolia silk flower, fabric, twisted, & curling ribbons. December 2018
Clearly I was also attempting to get that dark to light gradation with the lighting. Typically I can't easily shoot something this big in my own studio, and since I made the photo a year ago, I don't actually recall whether I draped a sheet here, or at school (where I was taking a studio photography class at the time.)
Despite the many problems, I do like the lighting, particularly the way the star garlanding stands out from the black background.
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