Ideas for strong business product lighting
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Many occasions, a photographer will assume they’ve a pleasant picture as a result of they’ve a lovely topic. A very good {photograph} comes as a result of lighting creates depth, dimension, kind and curiosity. That doesn’t imply it must be laborious to perform, simply that it was carried out properly. Right here’s an instance.
Marriott pen
Check out this image of a pen that was within the room on the Marriott, and possibly value about 50 cents. I consider this picture does all the issues I discussed above. There are beautiful specular highlights. Smooth shadow edge transitions. An fascinating background helps seize consideration with out taking away from the topic. It’s a really clear set. There’s additionally a mild, additional spotlight to take your eye to the emblem on the pen. All of those work to make this a profitable business picture for a product that most likely sells for about 50 cents.
The approach
All of that is achieved with a single gentle, scrim, non-glare glass, a reflector and slightly Photoshop post-production. Non-glare glass is suspended over a white reflective floor. A white translucent scrim is tilted over the glass making the glass ‘learn’ with the sunshine and shadow. Mild is created utilizing a single Molus X100 COB light from Zhiyun. Right here’s a hyperlink to my X-100 evaluate. There’s a small reflector on the sunshine and a small modifier to assist unfold the sunshine only a bit.
The ensuing spotlight on the glass will be managed by the gap the LED gentle is from the scrim. If the sunshine is nearer there shall be a extra intense smaller reflection. Transfer the sunshine away and the spotlight turns into bigger. Quite simple. What you see is what you get when you work. The extra spotlight passing by means of the printed phrase MARRIOTT is attained utilizing a four-inch broad reflector made out of a bit of white foam core.
Clear up with closing touches
First cease was Adobe Digital camera RAW for an total coloration and tone correction. That was adopted by utilizing the Clone Stamp Device plus Spot Therapeutic Brush.
Following I made a replica of the bottom layer and opened it utilizing Filter> Digital camera RAW Filter. As soon as within the filter, I moved to the Masks space. Varied picks had been made with totally different adjustments occurring solely inside the these picks. For instance, there was an adjustment made with the pen solely choice proven within the illustration. A Radial choice was additionally made so as to add a delicate highlight over the Marriott brand. I’ve discovered the Digital camera RAW Filter extraordinarily highly effective when used on this method.
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Yours in Artistic Images, Bob
