Re: FN-FORUM: Product Photography

date posted 11th June 2005 15:46

Theres a thing I used to use at a previous company called a light cube
of something like that. Its a self erecting white box with a porthole
and a light, so you can isolate the item and diffuse light it. It comes
in three sizes and prices are from £250 to £600 (two years ago). Do a
search on the web.

Andy

Andrew Wilson wrote:

>....and at the end of the day - you do have Photoshop don't you - sorts some
>of the problems afterwards - but always best to get it as good as you can on
>the shoot. At least with a digi cam you can check the results as you go
>along....not like the old film days. :))
>
>A.
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>Lighting is key. If your camera has decent Auto White Balance or manually
>configurable White Balance) you can use relatively cheap halogen lighting. I
>used simple security lights (around £10 - £15). Don't light directly, either
>bounce light off reflectors (again, cheap white card or mounting board),
>walls and/or ceilings - or light through diffusers (sheets of white tissue
>or cut up large white bin liners). If possible, use natural daylight. Shield
>subject from picking up reflected items in the room which may otherwise have
>to be retouched out.
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>Get the lighting right and even white on white subjects can look great.
>
>After about 5 years of getting by on this kind of set up I've invested in an
>entry-level studio lighting kit, including reflecting and diffusing
>umbrellas, which cost about £350 - worth the outlay if your doing studio
>photography reasonable frequently.
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>HTH.
>
>Niels
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>Just having a nightmare with getting some photos done for a website. I'm not
>a bad photographer, but wondering if anyone has any handy tips they'd like
>to share (apart from use a tripod - I got that far).
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>The main problem is that this kind of thing normally ends up being done at
>my clients (various clients) premesis, and invariably the lighting is
>rubbish.
>
>I currently have a pretty decent digital camera with a remote control, and a
>good quality tripod, but was wondering about what fairly portable lighting
>might be useful.
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>Cheers, all.
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