Lighting glass is freakin hard

[JAC526]

I think it looks pretty damned good.

Thank you sir. However, there is always room for improvement.

 

[TATTRAT]

I think it looks pretty damned good.

Thank you sir. However, there is always room for improvement.

Indeed, always.

I also like that you post the set up as well, a very cool site/tool to have when explaining things.

Thanks for that extra step. it helps "n00bs' like me learn, and think about more intricate things when setting a shot up.

 

[JAC526]

I just recently found that site. It is really nice because a picture is so much easier to grasp than a description in this case.

 

[JAC526]

Really I'm trying to take ques from Lew and be much more detailed and in depth in describing my photographs and in critiquing others photographs.

 

[laynea24]

That's the best looking pitcher I've ever seen!

 

[JAC526]

That's the best looking pitcher I've ever seen!

Thanks...we got it as a wedding present. Now it is standing in as my subject.

 

[Big Mike]

Yes, glass can be very hard/finicky to light well.

It looks like maybe you already have, but if you haven't, I'd suggest picking up the book "Light: Science & Magic".

 

[JAC526]

Yes, glass can be very hard/finicky to light well.

It looks like maybe you already have, but if you haven't, I'd suggest picking up the book "Light: Science & Magic".

Yeah that book gave me the idea in the first place.

 

[JAC526]

A few more from my war with the pitcher:


untitled-8531 by JChick526, on Flickr


untitled-8537 by JChick526, on Flickr

I left some light on the table in this one....I kind of like it.


untitled-8545 by JChick526, on Flickr

I think after this when I try my hand at glass its going to be a bottle of liquor that I just got done drinking.

 

[Mully]

Remember you only have 2 things to work with here ... Highlights and shadows. Now to get the glass to show up against black you need a highlight. If your pitcher is on a table make sure that the pitcher is close to the back edge.... if not it sees the black behind it and you can not put a highlight there. Lowering your POV will help also. Remember the pitcher sees what is in back of it as well as the sides. Look at your background as your pitcher sees it.

 

[JAC526]

Remember you only have 2 things to work with here ... Highlights and shadows. Now to get the glass to show up against black you need a highlight. If your pitcher is on a table make sure that the pitcher is close to the back edge.... if not it sees the black behind it and you can not put a highlight there. Lowering your POV will help also. Remember the pitcher sees what is in back of it as well as the sides. Look at your background as your pitcher sees it.

Man why you gotta say stuff like that....it means I got to try this again.

Damn you...j/k.

 

[shinycard255]

Look at your background as your pitcher sees it.

Great quote...

I'd like to change it up a bit to read "Look at your surroundings as your product would see it". Not all products see everything the same way so you have to pay attention to what "it's seeing"

 

[SamiJoSchwirtz]

Hard, but well worth it by the looks of your picture.

Very nice.

 

[shinycard255]

You might want to also change the size of the black card you have as well. Different sizes means the glass sees less or more

 

[JAC526]

You might want to also change the size of the black card you have as well. Different sizes means the glass sees less or more

Yeah I think I need to make it smaller.