Lighting

A photograph of a soda can in darkness, with a bright light illuminating it.
An image of an empty soda can, taken using lighting and flash.

The challenge corresponding to this photograph was composition, and we were tasked with using lighting as an element in the image. I decided to just take an empty soda can I had lying around, and placed it in a dark room. I used flash and took pictures in several different angles to experiment the way the light fell on it, ultimately deciding on the image above. I feel the lighting and the shadows work to focus attention on the can, tying into the composition.