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  ^^^ You hardly ever want to light a product from the front. For the above angle, have a softbox aiming at the hat from the back left, and let the shadows fall forward. This will give you some nice shape and texture. Then start filling it in from the right with white card. If the card isn't doing enough (like on a dark or black hat) add a second softbox on 3/4 power from the back right and use whitecard to fill it in from the front.
  This will only work for the angle you posted and will probably have to change when you shoot the back of the hat.

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  • remember to gobo your lens when you have lights facing the camera or you'll get really bad flareTungsten
  • gobo your lens? please explain. Not normally shooting photos.rodzilla
  • block off the light from hitting your lens. you can use a black card or even your handTungsten

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