Add 3 identical light sources and you're golden. Your shots are way better than most in the biz, but I think the OMG THERE'S NO WOOD incident here goes to show there's (a small) room for improvement.
Goddammit, now I want to redo my 8.A with cocobolo face plates...
You can actually achieve a similar effect with some soft lights and a curved piece of paper. You guys should also invest in some white tack to hold the various pieces in place. AND DON'T USE FLASH.
Add 3 identical light sources and you're golden. Your shots are way better than most in the biz, but I think the OMG THERE'S NO WOOD incident here goes to show there's (a small) room for improvement.
Goddammit, now I want to redo my 8.A with cocobolo face plates...
You can also use a laptop screen or iPad as the base to set the ciems on. This will light up the acrylic better so you can see more of the colors of the materials. Just use a white screen on your laptop or iPad.
Either a big window or a pop up shooting tent will work too. That's what I use. I just don't have any Heir products yet to show you how it's done. But that will change soon, I hope.
Shooting black/dark shiny objects is probably one of the more difficult products to shoot other than clear.
Using a light tent is a lot easier than finding an open area with diffused sunlight in a chinese office building just when you need it at 2 in the morning.
1. You try to highly the details through lighting it up like mad.
2. You accept that being dark and glossy is the point and you do normal lighting with light reflections that show off the shape.
Third ninja way: You do both and photoshop a composite.
You can actually achieve a similar effect with some soft lights and a curved piece of paper. You guys should also invest in some white tack to hold the various pieces in place. AND LEARN HOW TO USE FLASH.
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