How can I make this shot better?

[yoodontknomi]

I was going for sort of a romantic picture, but I could not seem to get the lighting just right.
Any sort of tips for me?


DSC_0598 by Ron DeGregorio, on Flickr

 

[D-B-J]

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/general-gallery/253708-glass-comments-critiques-please.html

Check out my thread, i included a setup photo as well.

 

[Kerbouchard]

Well, this is a bit strange, but for the third time today... Photographing clear glass is a challenge. Clear glass doesn't really photograph at all. What you are actually photographing is the reflection in the glass. In order to capture that, you have to have something that is being reflected. If you are shooting clear glass on a white background, you would typically use a black panel to reflect off the edge to give the glass definition. If you are shooting clear glass on a black background(as you are), you would typically use white panels to either side to give the glass definition.

Just adding a few panels and using a larger light source would make a world of difference.

 

[yoodontknomi]

Thank you for the feedback! I was just shooting this in my kitchen. I am an amateur, so I don't have lighting set-ups or panels. I do have a piece of white posterboard from the dollar store that I could use as a reflector!

I will keep practicing and trying to emulate as closely as possible to your set ups!

 

[Kerbouchard]

White posterboard will work great for what I was talking about.