The project required the pictures to be backlit, with the products on a white reflecting surface. This kind of lighting, however, was less than ideal for black and steel objects with no transparencies.
I have worked for Manfrotto for the past twenty years. It has always been a key client, especially in my field of work, being a very important brand that many of us have used since the beginning and have grown with. For Manfrotto, I also do product testing; together we develop new products, one of which is the 269HDBU tripod that I use in most of my overhead shots.