This is a really interesting topic, and it will be very helpful even for myself to help understand how light would work on subjects.
I knew the about inverse square while I was using 3d programs for my CG. I almost thought that your photos are CG output, they look so clean and perfect.
That's cool, it's been so long since I played around with 3d software I had forgotten about the light sources in them. Never really got the hang of it. I had just tinkered around with blender.
Do you use the 3d stuff for your architectural designs?
Yes I did a lot before, it's the reason why I do photography, for me to understand light and composition for my 3d renders.
I end up liking photography more :D
I tried a bunch of softwares, but 3ds Max is the one I favor :)
Your photos reminds me of my first tests for my 3d renderings, with the infamous "teapot" as my subject :D
Haha, it does look like one of the spheres. That's really about as far as I got with it. Dropping in a sphere or cyclinder and moving the light around.
I love hearing how people get into photography. Especially when it is something like that where you start off doing it to understand aspects of photography for something else.
Isn't it fun to experiment in 3d? I was to serious about it before until photography, few sleepless nights with my computer running straight for few days.
Anyway, about the contest, I like the idea of your photography session, a simple / specific object turned to a work of art :)
Thanks for the compliment.
I think it could be fun to see what others might do with a simple object like an egg. I would expect there to be some very different photos submitted.