the reason i chose this set of objects was that both the deck box and dice tray were custum made by the same person who made the earlier shown (in the objects tab) wooden greatsword. the deck box is actually one of an early varient that is no longer available, as his company has created a new version. i had the dice positioned differently in each shot in order to provide a sense of change from shot to shot. i also chose the angles to maximize the light that i had.
the significance of these casings is a combination of the fact that these are the first and only casings i have had, and also that these were fired as actual blanks. in addition, these were fired out of world war I era firearms, which is an area of history in which i have taken a particular interest. in each shot, i chose a unique setup for the casings. i also thought that the specific filters chosen had an interesting effect on the images. i found the effect of the plastic wrap filter particularly interesting, as it appears as if the formation of casings has been carefully plastic wrapped to a piece of canvas for some reason.
the objects shown are a CO2 car and the cartridges used to propel it. even though it was a group project, i basicaly designed, drew the dimensions for, had cut, drilled the wheel holes for, sanded, and did some of the paint design and painting for it. it was the fastest of my class, but for some reason my class had the lowest speeds of any class, so when we competed in the top three classes race, we lost by far. i took photos of the CO2 car with and without a cartridge in, but it seemed that those with a cartridge in produced a more favorable result.
the shown array of objects is from three different countries. the piece of marble used to be part of the stairs of the U.S. capitol building, the eiffell tower model was from within sight of the actual eiffel tower in paris, the model of the arc de triumphe was from a souvineer booth within sight of the actual arc de triumphe, and the big ben clock was from london. it was actually quite hard to simultaniously get the objects fully in the shot and not show too much carpet, seeing as the background was a few papers with one blank side spread out on the floor. the filters actually did quite interesting things to the shots. fresco darkened everything, but the clock face's darkness stood out compared to the comparatively light coloration of the rest of the clock.
i have had this set of lego sets and a few more, some altered, on display in my room for rather a while. i chose these both for convenience of pre-assembledness and because the shear amount of time that they have stayed intact is disproportionate to most of my other builds. the reason i chose legos is twofold. for one, i like legos, plain as that is. secondly, they represent my tendency to build things. wether in life or in videogames, i tend towards building things and understanding how things work. the setup of this particular still life is that i set up one formation, and then took photos of all available angles to communicate the full image.