Being similar to a "toy" I'm guessing this will end up middle of the pack. Plus, it's just not super exciting; it's just a photo of some neat shot glasses. I'm sure there will be much more creative shots out there, but this photo got me to experiment with lighting more, which is never a bad thing.
I had one flash with a soft box to the left of camera. It was aimed so only some spill light hit the glasses. Then a flash on the right side of the camera with a snoot, a diffuser (piece of cloth), and holding up a 5-in-1 reflector in diffusion mode between the flash and the glasses. Finally, I used two lamps under the table pointing to the wall with a piece of green wrapping tissue paper to give the color. Took many tries to get this right while avoiding extreme reflections.
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cute idea. some of the details make this shot a little less powerful - dusty glasses, skewed rotations of the glasses (in the 3 stack, not the shredder).
I like the green light reference, but also think this could have done well with a really urban texture/ brick/concrete.
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