jtice
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I have been taking "product photos" for my own personal use for quite some time.
I have had my Canon 30D for a week now, and I am really trying to get the hang of it, and work out some of the issues I have had in the past.
I have tried slave flashes, but I still get very harsh lighting and glares from them.
Overal I think that fixed constant lighting has done better for me.
I have about 1000W of Halogen Shop lighting,
with a couple 100W lamps to help if I have shadows in certain areas.
Here is the setup I typically use,
toward the end of the day, I had the light shining through the sheet more.
The shop lights are very even and smooth, but I wanted to see if lighting up the sheet would make light hit the subject from more angles.
The sheet just ends up blocking alot of the light output.
Here are a couple examples from last night.
Not horrible, but certainly not anywhere near what I am after.
They just dont seem to have that professional look.
And can be a bit soft in places. I tried to add a bit of sharpening,
but I can only add alittle before I start to see artifacts from it.
What are my main problems here?
What are these photos lacking?
Thanks for the help
~John
I have had my Canon 30D for a week now, and I am really trying to get the hang of it, and work out some of the issues I have had in the past.
I have tried slave flashes, but I still get very harsh lighting and glares from them.
Overal I think that fixed constant lighting has done better for me.
I have about 1000W of Halogen Shop lighting,
with a couple 100W lamps to help if I have shadows in certain areas.
Here is the setup I typically use,
toward the end of the day, I had the light shining through the sheet more.
The shop lights are very even and smooth, but I wanted to see if lighting up the sheet would make light hit the subject from more angles.
The sheet just ends up blocking alot of the light output.
Here are a couple examples from last night.
Not horrible, but certainly not anywhere near what I am after.
They just dont seem to have that professional look.
And can be a bit soft in places. I tried to add a bit of sharpening,
but I can only add alittle before I start to see artifacts from it.
What are my main problems here?
What are these photos lacking?
Thanks for the help
~John