My serious hobby is woodworking, but that's given me an excuse to practice my photography skills using flash so that I can "show my wares" in other places. I used two off-camera canon flashes, the 430 EXII and a 580 EXII, using Yongnuo wireless triggers. The triggers have always worked great. Camera was my 6d markII and 24-105L Canon lens. Post was in LR6.
I photograph nearly everything that I build as a woodworker.

Here's the story behind the piece: This is a segmented urn. Segmented because each ring is made up of 8 separate pieces, glued together, and stacked. Two rings contain 32 pieces (the two where you see the thin vertical light-colored wood). Amanda contacted me a couple of months back to ask if I could build an urn for her dad's cremains. I knew exactly what to do. Ron was a good friend of mine, who had died 4 years ago. The dark wood is Sapele, and came from one of the old pews in the church he loved - and that I used to pastor. He could have sat on that very pew. The lighter contrasting wood within the body of the urn is Maple. The largemouth bass on top is carved from Basswood, to remember his love for the water, and fishing. The fish is mounted using a piece of #2 gauge copper grounding wire, to remember his love for his career as an lead electrician for a large hospital in our area. The top screws into the urn using white PVC pipe threads. Ron's name, date of birth and date of death are carve onto the top outer edge of the top.
Enjoy!