Lighting can make all the difference! (Patreon)

You can see from the three different photo's here, that they're so drastically different that they almost have different emotional feelings tied to them.

For instance, the image on the left was photographed with my LED and an external flash providing a rather warm toned image. The second used natural light from outdoors, plus the LED farther from the build. And the third was solely the LED in a darkened room.

The LED moving with each photo also significantly changed the dynamic of the photograph! After shooting a handful of these “test shots” I settled on the LED from behind the tank with no other light sources in the photography room, this gave an almost mysterious/cold feeling to the image.

I'd like to say that the first lighting set-up is always “the one” but that's not really how photography works. It's trial and error with a keen eye for composition. It's a lot to think about, while composing a shot, but the end results are always worth it! :)