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08/09/2005 10:10:53 AM · #1 |
Hiya!
I am shooting more and more product photography at the moment and as a result am spending more and more time in photoshop cutting out the object / subject to allow for a perfect white background - perfect being that it will work online and in magazines (as opposed to just looking white by eye)
So..I wondered if I brought some studio equipment, if this would actually make a white background actual white so i need not spend hours adjusting in photoshop.
If so will I need lamps or flashheads?
2 bits I am looking at are:
Lamps
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Flash Heads
Any experience advice? Will i still have to cut out the background?
Cheers
JP |
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08/09/2005 10:13:29 AM · #2 |
are you looking to shoot people? or shooting products?
if not people, just get a roll of white vynal, those work very very well
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08/09/2005 10:15:23 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by Fetor:
are you looking to shoot people? or shooting products?
if not people, just get a roll of white vynal, those work very very well |
Products always - will white vinyl and a flash be good then? Where can i get white vinyl?
Message edited by author 2005-08-09 10:16:24. |
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08/09/2005 10:16:26 AM · #4 |
you could probobly find a store online that sells it, many places do
google it and see what you find
and yes, the lights and vynal will do ya just fine
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08/09/2005 10:34:04 AM · #5 |
vinyl is to heavy to hang up :(
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08/09/2005 10:38:53 AM · #6 |
How big are the products?
If they are small enough, a decent light tent and 2 lights should do just fine.
Unless you are shooting stuff that moves, you can probably get away with hot lights. Your exposure times will likely require a good tripod too.
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08/09/2005 10:54:32 AM · #7 |
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08/09/2005 11:03:51 AM · #8 |
You mean like this? Why not just use a big ole' piece of white paper - bounce the flash off the ceiling and overexpose by like 1 to 2 stops to make sure the white is white.
   
man ... i do this too much
Message edited by author 2005-08-09 11:05:21. |
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08/09/2005 01:01:40 PM · #9 |
Thats exactly how I have them now - but they are not perfect white, to make these white you will need to go into photoshop and manualy take out the darker parts at the top and bottom of these pics.
I guess whatever I do be it lamps, flahses or onboard flash I am going to have to do that eh?
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08/09/2005 01:05:23 PM · #10 |
White paper background, two flashes (Canon 550EX and 580EX) shooting into 2 white umbrellas and voila! You got your product shot.
 Black paper, same flash settings...
Message edited by author 2005-08-09 13:06:27.
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08/09/2005 03:03:03 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by jonpink:
Thats exactly how I have them now - but they are not perfect white, to make these white you will need to go into photoshop and manualy take out the darker parts at the top and bottom of these pics.
I guess whatever I do be it lamps, flahses or onboard flash I am going to have to do that eh? |
I think what you are refering to is caused by light fall off. The light has to travel further to reach the back end of the white paper and is not exposed to the same level as the front of the paper (there is an inverse square rule here based on the distance of the light source to the subject). The best solution is to use an additional light souce to get the same exposure on the under exposed portion as the properly exposed portion.
Hope that helps.
Mike
Edit: Sorry, I quoted the wrong post.
Message edited by author 2005-08-09 15:05:02. |
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08/09/2005 04:31:15 PM · #12 |
By using a light tent and lighting both sides, you will get soft even illumination and minimal shadows since the light is so diffuse.
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