Frustrated Nubie

[hotpeppergyrl]

Hi everyone!
I am trying to take shots of handguns, I have had so much trouble with a few different things,for instance, on a hard Chrome slide I can see my reflection or the flash on the slide. I have a photo cube studio with the cube and lights and still having trouble.. I am using the nikond 3300 ..any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

[weepete]

Light Science Magic An Introduction to Photographic Lighting Fil Hunter Steven Biver Paul Fuqua 9780415719407 Amazon.com Books

 

[Derrel]

It's a lot like pool...with no English and a center-ball hit, the angle of incidence equals the angle of rebound of the ball. The cube is a huge limitation, in that it offers a very limited range of light placements and also, the sides are in FIXED, non-adjustable placements WRT the light placements AND the subject matter.

Here's what you need to do: place the handgun. Put the camera on a tripod, and compose the photo. THEN, and only then, begin to light it. Using something other than the light tent,most likely. A simple frame, placed overhead and aimed at the gun, with the light placed behind this diffusing screen is a good place to start. Look through the camera, and literally SEE where the light looks best. You can see if there are reflections, or not.

 

[hotpeppergyrl]

Thank you Derrel.. I'll give that a shot..lol..

 

[Overread]

Check out the book WeePete linked to as well - its pretty much the go-to-textbook for this kind of work. A very good one to make a solid starting foundation in lighting angles and reflective properties of different surfaces

 

[Designer]

Thank you Derrel.. I'll give that a shot..lol..

She said "give that a shot". Snawk snawk!