Shoes

I often look through my girlfriend's fashion magazines for inspiration. It works out well because she makes a lot of the items found in the magazines available for me to shoot.

I found this in an issue of Real Simple a few months ago. I really like their style of photography, it's, well, simple. They often take advantage of bold colors and forgo the flashy after-effects that are growing in popularity in the fashion world.

This is a simple, one-light set up with a flagged umbrella on the right side and a large white reflector on the left to help fill in the shadows. I used the flag to keep the light from going right into the table and back into the lens. You could probably do the same with a small softbox, but I was trying to get as much wrap as I could with the umbrella.