Of all the tasks on the Unit 01 Systems & Processes Brief I found the studio based ones the hardest. Studio is not my favorite area of photography and is therefore not something that I would say I a very good at. I am much more a documentary/location photographer.
We were told to experiment with different lighting techniques, all of which Andy demonstrated to us and all of which I had also learnt whilst on the National Diploma course prior to coming on this Foundation Degree. It was very helpful to them demonstrated by someone else to gain a different perspective on them. Below are my attempts.

This is my high-key image of a pear. I gained this effect by placing a flash-unit over the top of the pear and placing reflectors on the left and right side of the pear. I also bounced a little light back from the front too using a small piece of card. I found the key to this image was all the reflectors. They bounce the light back into the image to 'drown' out the shadows and make this image high-key. I like this effect but I don't particularly like it used on a pear as, for me, when photographing a pear it is about capturing the 'form' of the pear. The high-key effect makes the edges of the pear a little softer and with it some of the emphasis on the form of the pear.

This is my attempt at the low key effect. This is an effect I particularly like as it produces quite dark, contrasting images. I think it works especially well with the pear as it captures the form of the pear brilliantly. To gain this effect I used one light at 45 degrees behind the pear. I placed a black card directly opposite it to ensure no light was reflected back towards the pear. This made one side of the pear almost completely in shadow and really made the shape of the pear stand out on the background. This is what makes this image so successful in my eyes.

This is my attempt at 45 degree or Rembrandt lighting as it sometimes known due to how the dutch artist lit his paintings. This isn't really my preferred form of lighting for the pear due to the relatively strong shadow it produces. This for me works best with people and is not something I would think of first to use for an object.
This is is my photograph using the 'back-light' technique. This is a technique which produces quite a low key effect due to the where the light is positioned; at the back. I leaves the front virtually, completely in darkness. Like the low-key effect it is a technique which works well for the pear due to how it highlights the pears form. Overall I like this image.
This is my final image of the pear. For me this is quite a nice image as it combines both a low and high key effect very well. It lights the background very well; therefore completely washing it out but still leaves the pear in a little darkness hence making the shape stand out really well. It also produces a very nice, rounded shadow at the bottom of the pear. This is one of my favorite of the effects along with the low key effect.