Jerry Abramowicz Photography

On those rainy days when you just don't feel like getting wet, don't put your camera away just yet. There are many creative things you can still do to get a great shot. The photo below was taken on a miserable winters day and I was itching to shoot something. So instead up moping about I set up a black background, a couple of strobes, tripod and started searching the house for something to photograph. Now if you don't have any strobes, don't worry, use what ever lights you have. Two table lamps will do, be creative. Still searching I lit up a cigarette (yes I know, my last bad habit since I don't drink) while I was thinking of what to shoot and thought, hey, why not shoot it. I stood it up on end, took a quick couple of shots to adjust the power of my strobes and F stop and my 3rd shot was this. I dumped the shot onto my computer and opened it in Photoshop. As I stared at it I started to laugh as it looked angry with the mouth and one eye. So with some quick cloning I added the second eye and nose, and viola, one angry looking cigarette that speaks for the habit itself. The point is, don't let the weather get you down, just be creative and have fun. There are many objects around your house to just waiting to be shot.