can anyone give some ideas to me and anyone else on how to do some great photos
ideas on lighting etc...
ideas on lighting etc...
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This may not be advice at all, however ...everything that btphoto mentioned plus try to put a lot of "hot chicks" in your photos and all of your boombers will look good, heheshane higgins said:
Old school Scott
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right next to a window on a sunny day is a good way to control natural light too.
You can pull down the curtain a little when it gets too much or let it up a little.
Cheers OSS
You can pull down the curtain a little when it gets too much or let it up a little.
Cheers OSS
DrmZ
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Thats right. If you take pictures on a sunny day, dont place your boombox in the bright sunshine.
Put it in the shadow like under a tree and you can use white foam panels to reflect light to the front of the boombox.
Also boomboxes got a lot of shiny surfaces like chrome.
To control what is reflecting in this surfaces is a keyelemant to get better pictures.
Outside a blue sky with the natural gradiant to the horizon is perfect. Make sure that your not having youself or other objects behind you in the reflections.
For shoots inside a good lighting needs at least two light sources. One main lightsource and a second one to brighten the shadows.
Very important: never mix natural light and artificial light because they got different light temperatures. this results in a color cast.
I use 500W halogen lamps from the diy-store and self build softboxes.
Here´s a tutorial for the softboxes out of baking paper and a wooden frame. Its in german but you´ll get it from the pictures.
[youtube]ImkKO5ocrFU[/youtube]
Put it in the shadow like under a tree and you can use white foam panels to reflect light to the front of the boombox.
Also boomboxes got a lot of shiny surfaces like chrome.
To control what is reflecting in this surfaces is a keyelemant to get better pictures.
Outside a blue sky with the natural gradiant to the horizon is perfect. Make sure that your not having youself or other objects behind you in the reflections.
For shoots inside a good lighting needs at least two light sources. One main lightsource and a second one to brighten the shadows.
Very important: never mix natural light and artificial light because they got different light temperatures. this results in a color cast.
I use 500W halogen lamps from the diy-store and self build softboxes.
Here´s a tutorial for the softboxes out of baking paper and a wooden frame. Its in german but you´ll get it from the pictures.
[youtube]ImkKO5ocrFU[/youtube]
ClaretBadger
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I use a flash
and bounce it off a wall to get the diffused light
I am new to product photography - and it is FAR trickier than you would expect - there are some talented people on this site no doubt!
here's some of my dross:
I can do arty - but straight shots with a wide angle lenses give me C U R V A T U R E
and bounce it off a wall to get the diffused light
I am new to product photography - and it is FAR trickier than you would expect - there are some talented people on this site no doubt!
here's some of my dross:
I can do arty - but straight shots with a wide angle lenses give me C U R V A T U R E
im_alan_partridge
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Gotta go with Zorlacs advice about the hot chicks 
it sure works on Bills pics with his C100 
Clarat Badger, great shots mate, especially the close up on the Panny.
it sure works on Bills pics with his C100 Clarat Badger, great shots mate, especially the close up on the Panny.
ClaretBadger
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ClaretBadger
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what lens do you use for your product shots Mr Photo?
I'm guessing it's not the 28-70mm that i'm trying to utilise
I'm guessing it's not the 28-70mm that i'm trying to utilise
btphoto
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ClaretBadger said:
It is tricky. Shiny things are a pain in the ass, lol! I did product photography for years for a place called 6th Ave Electronics (6ave.com)
I took shots of cell phones and DVD players all day long, lol! Once in a while they would send me on location to take photos of really high end home theaters. That was fun just being in some of these crazy huge houses.
ClaretBadger
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I second that jaetee - a fast prime of 50 or 80mm - but you'd ideally want to shoot at f4 or greater to suck in all that detail no?
In my last post I was just highlightings the shortcomings of the otherwise "beast" of a lens on a prosumer DX body - ultrawides do not a great portrait lens make . . . .
I took my snaps last night to test out an ad hoc setup - just to test the waters. So this thread has interest to me.
Out of curiosity - Tripods?
YES or NO?
In my last post I was just highlightings the shortcomings of the otherwise "beast" of a lens on a prosumer DX body - ultrawides do not a great portrait lens make . . . .
I took my snaps last night to test out an ad hoc setup - just to test the waters. So this thread has interest to me.
Out of curiosity - Tripods?
YES or NO?
btphoto
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I love my D700 with it's mighty FX sensor 
I hardly ever use a tripod anymore. But I sure did for product photography. Most of the time I would be using very small apertures for great DOF which would require really slow shutter speeds - and a tripod was essential. A cable release, remote or the self timer is also great to reduce any movement that might be caused by you touching the camera's shutter trigger.
I hardly ever use a tripod anymore. But I sure did for product photography. Most of the time I would be using very small apertures for great DOF which would require really slow shutter speeds - and a tripod was essential. A cable release, remote or the self timer is also great to reduce any movement that might be caused by you touching the camera's shutter trigger.
ClaretBadger
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my d700 arrives next week
my f2.8 16mm AF turned up today
going to NYC and New Orleans NEXT FRIDAY!
my f2.8 16mm AF turned up today
going to NYC and New Orleans NEXT FRIDAY!
ClaretBadger
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17-35mm f2.8 - getting it
35-70mm f.28 80-200 f2.8
28mm f2.8
50mm f1.8
What I really want now is a vacation lens. Something like 28 to 300mm f4.5 - if there's such a thing, lol! yes there is!!!! The new VR 28-300!!!
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/28-300mm.htm
I got - and I do street and live gig photography
16mm f2,8
20mm f2.8 AiS
50mm f1.4 Ai
50mm f1.8 AF
35mm f1.8 DX - going soon
18-200mm VR DX going soon
28-70mm f2.8
nikon f3
nikon d300 soon to be d700
I am getting that 17-35mm coz it is IMMENSE!!!!!
35-70mm f.28 80-200 f2.8
28mm f2.8
50mm f1.8
What I really want now is a vacation lens. Something like 28 to 300mm f4.5 - if there's such a thing, lol! yes there is!!!! The new VR 28-300!!!
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/28-300mm.htm
I got - and I do street and live gig photography
16mm f2,8
20mm f2.8 AiS
50mm f1.4 Ai
50mm f1.8 AF
35mm f1.8 DX - going soon
18-200mm VR DX going soon
28-70mm f2.8
nikon f3
nikon d300 soon to be d700
I am getting that 17-35mm coz it is IMMENSE!!!!!
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