ahh! Im doing a photoshoot!
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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…
- airey0
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!
- kushman0
'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.forcetwelve
- He means that due to lens compression you'll get a better shot at 180mm than 50mm with the same cropping.blaw
- ah ok. Now I getchakushman
- forcetwelve0
if you can shoot it all at once - do it in daylight with a nice lens. lighting is tricky.
- kushman0
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
- agentfour0
- you'll probably find something amongst these discussions groups http://www.flickr.co…agentfour
- F Stop! Brilliant website, thanks!kushman
- stewart0
white balance before you start.
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com…
- bekannt0
cameras now shoot raw files, make sure you are using that file setting.
- Tungsten0
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 experiencekushman
- Thanks for the advice and the sp.!
- Alpesh0
ha ha good luck!
- pubdoggy0
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.
- pubdoggy0
oh and shoot at about 70mm to minimise distortion
- Tungsten0
Also watch out for the nasty Moire pattern you'll probably get on the fabric. Shoot a soft version and merge the two shots.