Product photography?
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- bainbridge
I want to photograph some objects for a project. Nothing over 12 inches but ideally on different colored backdrops. I have a friend with a very nice DSLR and softbox lights but he doesn't have a real set up.
Does anyone have any tips for what I should get or not get to do this?
Youtube has a million videos but I don't know where to start.
Should I buy something like this?
Do I set that up in a dark room with softboxes over and around?
Can I use it outside and use natural light?
- HijoDMaite0
paging miguex and the guy selling hats on that squarespace site..
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- for your general all white background shot for products********
- for your general all white background shot for products
- cherub2
They're called light boxes. Check this out.
http://strobist.blogspot.com/200…
I got a few minutes if you have questions.
- A light box similar to this is actually the first project I ever did when I first started doing photography.cherub
- bainbridge0
OMG's link is good. This looks like a good option:
- uan1
this guy is really good at explaining studio photography and what you actually need (not the fancy stuff but the right techniques).
https://www.youtube.com/user/pmc…
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- cherub-2
Your gonna spend $75 on a light box?? Obviously you've thought this through. Peace out champ.
- bainbridge-1
It's really the lighting I'm unsure about which is why that box with built-in lights might be easy and helpful.
- The light bounces off the walls and diffuses away most of the harshness and the hard shadows. This is especially true if you use flourescent lights.cherub
- cherub1
Yeah, just remember to use the dull side. Form a U, shape, and put it in there just like they have it, I'd have gone a little wider, and I would paint any parts of the inside cardboard frame white.
Alternatively you can use a gel between the outer light source and the softbox to change the color as well. Remember you only need the head attachment, not the entire softbox when you use the lightbox, because the lightbox itself is a diffuser. I use plain cardboard boxes, and paper mache for the side panels.
- correction: between the outer light source and the *lightboxcherub
- Thanks.bainbridge
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- pango0
You can totally use natural light.
Set up the curved colour background out side and place a white bounce fill card on the opposite side of the sun.
It's the cheapest way to do it if this is a one off thing.