The two words that were randomly generated this time were ‘Sponge’ and ‘Stapler’. I decided to opt for the stapler as I knew we had an interesting looking one and since I think the best sponges are the ocean ones, well, those are hard to find in Alice Springs.
In hindsight I should have searched high and low for a sea sponge since the stapler threw up various problems. The main one was the metal dome. Not surprisingly it reflects everything.
I was tempted to just photograph certain parts of the stapler but thought it would be cheating not to show the whole thing … it does have an annoyingly wonderful design.
How about throwing in some stationery and reduce the depth of field? This almost hid some of the reflection problem but didn’t really do the stapler justice.
I then got sidetracked with taking more shots of the stationery, one of which i decided to put on my contact page.
Stapler problem solved … just remove it.
Returning to the stapler, I ventured into the world of bright lights, metallic textures and a healthy dose of desperation:
The idea was better than the result.
I tried photographing it suspended from fishing wire, taking shots outside, having it standing in water. None of those ideas worked. At all.
I then had an idea of creating a pattern with the staples only to find out it was staple-less. How ironic.
The final shot was a low angle one just to try and hide the reflections, but the ceiling fan and a picture are clearly visible, plus I then realised there were specks on the metal dome.
So in the end I figured I would need a lot more time ( a year or two?) to try and think of something that would work.
Final shot. For now the stapler had beaten me.
Note to self: Search for a sea sponge.