ahh! Im doing a photoshoot! 1313 Responses

Last post: 4 years, 3 months ago | Thread started: Feb 19, 09, 12:28 a.m.

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• kushman

  Ok guys, I've just promised a client that I'd be

  'more than happy to come over, set up a few lights and re-shoot your product photography!'

  Only thing is, I haven't touched a camera since college...

  Any advice? I can borrow a digital SLR and tripod. Not sure about the best way to light and isolate the background.

  The subject is furniture replacements for stuff that can be found here http://d445318.he94.hostingessen…

  Feb 19, 09, 12:28 a.m. – Permalink

• airey

  leave it on auto and fake it.

  also, if your a novice (like i am) stick with the attitude that if you're using a flash, stand back and let the lens do the closing in. otherwise you'll overflash and have nothing to 'photoshop' later. maybe this is just me.

  good luck though!

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 12:29 a.m. – Permalink

• kushman

  'stand back and let the lens do the closing in'

  Hmm... sorry man, don't know what that means!? I'll be using off camera flash

  • ah ok.– forcetwelve1/3

    He means that due to lens compression you'll get a better shot at 180mm than 50mm with the same cropping.– blaw2/3

    ah ok. Now I getcha– kushman3/3

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 12:40 a.m. – Permalink

• forcetwelve

  if you can shoot it all at once - do it in daylight with a nice lens. lighting is tricky.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 12:41 a.m. – Permalink

• kushman

  Anyone know that blog site that had interviews with creative photographers that showed lighting diagrams of their work? I had the link once but it's gone

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 1:13 a.m. – Permalink

• agentfour

  one of these?
  http://www.thefstopmag.com/
  http://strobist.blogspot.com/

  • you'll probably find something amongst these discussions groups http://www.flickr.co…– agentfour1/2

    F Stop! Brilliant website, thanks!– kushman2/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 1:18 a.m. – Permalink

• stewart

  white balance before you start.
  http://www.cambridgeincolour.com…

  • interesting read
    – kushman

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 1:21 a.m. – Permalink

• bekannt

  cameras now shoot raw files, make sure you are using that file setting.

  • Yes, be sure to shoot in raw.– mtgentry

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 2:30 a.m. – Permalink

• Tungsten

  I just noticed that the ottoman section is spelled "ottermans" on that site.
  I don't mean to be negative but you should really consider hiring a photographer who can shoot the entire catalogue properly in a few hours and give you colour correct files that are properly lit and don't need any retouching. It would be cheaper to hire someone than to rent all the equipment you'll need.
  If you try to do this yourself, with no experience and no equipment you're going to struggle to get this job done properly.

  • Thanks for the advice and the sp.!
    We're doing the job for free to get experience– kushman

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 2:52 a.m. – Permalink

• Alpesh

  ha ha good luck!

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 3:17 a.m. – Permalink

• pubdoggy

  Hire a (big) white backdrop, light it with 2 strobes and meter it 1.5 - 2 stops brighter than the subject - that'll blow the background out. Then if you have any more lights, light the subject evenly (softboxes maybe) - otherwise try reflectors. You'll be fine.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 3:30 a.m. – Permalink

• Tungsten

  &eurl=http://www.prophotolife.com/2008/04/12/prophotolife-instructional-video-another-diy-lighting-video-the-mother-of-all-stick-in-&feature=player_embedded

  • Here's a nice ghetto set-up– Tungsten

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 3:32 a.m. – Permalink

• pubdoggy

  oh and shoot at about 70mm to minimise distortion

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 3:33 a.m. – Permalink

• Tungsten

  Also watch out for the nasty Moire pattern you'll probably get on the fabric. Shoot a soft version and merge the two shots.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 19, 09, 3:34 a.m. – Permalink