Removing glare when photographing plastic
For those products you could use window light with sheer curtains and a reflector. You might also want to try a "light tent" which wraps the object in a diffuser:
www.calumetphoto.com/eng/product/calumet...lighting_tent/rm1003
With a light tent and a few halogen lamps, you can work at night. By placing the lights in different posions (and distances) you can make very flat or directional lighting.
Matthew
Matthew L Kees
MLK Studios Photography School
www.MLKstudios.com
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"Every artist, was once an amateur"
MLKstudios wrote: No photography is "expensive" by nature. It's simply about learning to SEE.
For those products you could use window light with sheer curtains and a reflector. You might also want to try a "light tent" which wraps the object in a diffuser:
www.calumetphoto.com/eng/product/calumet...lighting_tent/rm1003
With a light tent and a few halogen lamps, you can work at night. By placing the lights in different posions (and distances) you can make very flat or directional lighting.
Matthew
Yes there is expensive photography.
Product and food are probably the most expensive out there as is you usually have a whole team for a project. Yes there is cheap ways of going about stuff, but you'll get cheap results. There is a reason firms dont get undermined by people that try to do it for fun.
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
chasrich wrote: I'm gonna low tech this... remove the plastic - shoot - wrap in plastic.
lol
When the last candle has been blown out
and the last glass of champagne has been drunk
All that you are left with are the memories and the images-David Cooke.
There is another "cheap" option that tends to work in a pinch if you don't have access to the equipment you need. A piece of wax paper over your flash makes a good diffuser. Just make sure it's flat and not crinkled. It's not recommended for professional work but, like I said, it's a great alternative if you're in a pinch.
Sure, practice makes perfect but, unless you learn from your mistakes, you are only perfecting your ability to fail.
Why not?
Not all of my students are rich, and when I teach I teach them to SEE, and use ANY tool available.
One brought back portraits taken in a derelict building, using window light. I asked her where she got the fill, and she told me there was a white table sitting there and she flipped it on its side.
Is that NOT a pro tool?
Matthew
PS one of the great portrait photographers was asked what was his favorite light. He answered, "available light". When questioned further, he said "ANY light that is available".
PPS learn to see. It'll save you a lot of $$ in "gear".
Matthew L Kees
MLK Studios Photography School
www.MLKstudios.com
[email protected]
"Every artist, was once an amateur"
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