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03/15/2007 12:54:54 PM · #1 |
I've been trying to do some product shots and am curious what other surfaces people like to shoot on. Mainly, I just shoot on white corkboard, as in this photo:
But even with good Alien Bees lighting, I still have to brighten the image a bit to achieve a pure white background, which overexposes the subject and results in higher contrast. I'm thinking of getting a light table to shoot on since the background will be pure 5000-degree light, but would love to hear about other creative shooting surfaces that people like to use for product shots. Thanks!
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03/15/2007 02:17:43 PM · #2 |
| Try setting a custom white balance. Otherwise try bristol board. |
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03/15/2007 02:24:55 PM · #3 |
| in photo shop just open up a levels layer and use the white dropper tool and select the bg to make it white! |
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03/15/2007 02:42:02 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by PhilipDyer:
But even with good Alien Bees lighting, I still have to brighten the image a bit to achieve a pure white background, which overexposes the subject and results in higher contrast. |
You need to be lighting your background and subject independently.
Once you do that, just make sure your background light is 2-2.5EV brighter than your subject and it'll be white without any adjustments, photoshop layers, colour adjustments etc.
You could shoot it on a black sheet of paper for the background and if you lit it properly, it would still be white.
Message edited by author 2007-03-15 14:42:21. |
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03/15/2007 05:30:53 PM · #5 |
Thanks for all the suggestions on white balancing! I'll continue experimenting with those on isolation shots.
Any suggestions for other surfaces, colors, textures, or types of paper, glass, plexiglass, etc., that you have used successfully to enhance product shots? For example, I read a suggestion in another thread that a piece of glass over black velvet is a better reflective surface than a mirror since a mirror usually results in a double reflection. Any tips like this or other surfaces you like to shoot on?
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03/15/2007 05:33:54 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by PhilipDyer:
For example, I read a suggestion in another thread that a piece of glass over black velvet is a better reflective surface than a mirror since a mirror usually results in a double reflection. Any tips like this or other surfaces you like to shoot on? |
You might find something like a black granite tile better than anything using glass, if you want to avoid the double reflections. The problem is when the light goes through the two edge layers of the glass. The black velvet will reduce the reflections from the second edge (compared to a mirror certainly) but will still have the same problem. A tile or piece of reflective metal wouldn't have that problem. |
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03/15/2007 06:03:23 PM · #7 |
Thanks, Gordon! I'm planning a trip to go material shopping soon and that would be a great addition.
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