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by Dave Wall Published 01/06/2013

Tough this training malarkey you know!

We had a really enjoyable day (burning more of my bald head) before we were taken into the fantastic crumbling capital city of Valletta by two more members of the MIPP Therese Debono and Sergio Muscat for an evening eating local Maltese cuisine. Much to Juliet's delight the main course of the evening was 'legitimate' horse stew which Juliet couldn't resist taking pictures of to send back to Phil (it did look, however, extremely nice, although I didn't risk it, chicken for me!).

So finally the frivolity ends and Saturday arrives and time to actually do some work!

Saturday's training session was one of my new courses 'Studio Photography - On a Shoestring'. This particular session takes quite a while to set up and requires lots of little items of equipment to allow things to run smoothly. Thanks to Easyjet for not weighing hand luggage I was able to haul most of it into my overhead locker so my seminar could have full impact.

The early part of the morning was taken up with the whys and wherefores of product photography, equipment needed and the skills required to ensure professional results - mainly being patient (at which point the delegates starting laughing out aloud as Kevin isn't famous for this particular attribute).

In addition to this I also wanted to dispel the myth that lighting products was less technical than photographing people, as the products obviously don't move, photographers assume things will often be easier (afraid not)! In this early section of the day I also like to cover the subject of photographing 'cut-outs' - products on plain white backgrounds, and how it (if done correctly), is pretty much a licence to print money.

With all the boring stuff out of the way it was time for the room to be plunged into darkness and start shooting. As always I like to 'impress first' to get people sitting up in their seats so I set up what many would perceive to be the most complicated product shot - the Gucci after-shave you see on these pages, shot with just two watts of light and three pieces of children's tracing paper!

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