Lens pr0n
My first attempt at product photography. In surfing camera sales sites, seeing crumby shots have been a pet peeve of mine. Someone is selling a 1500 buck lens which they swear is tack sharp. Meanwhile the shot of the lens looks like it was taken with a camera phone, at dusk, after drinking three shots of expresso. Okay...
Lots of room for improvement here. Need to stop down. This was shot at f/4. I'm thinking f/8 would be better because the dof is too thin. Need a slightly whiter backdrop and much better lighting. This was done with a bounce, a diffuser, and one side reflector. I need some side enclosures to get rid of the shadows. Thinking about building a lightbox this weekend with some hotlights. Any suggestions?
posted by Anonymous at 2:26 PM
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This shot looks pretty good as it is! I agree, using a smaller aperture would eliminate those soft areas in this shot. And I think the contrast needs to be bumped up a bit too. You can always do some PS work to whiten the background.
I don't know much about product photography, but from my participation in watch and pen collecting forums, many people make their own lightboxes. Also, there are many different designs from using something as simple as a white lampshade, to using custom plexigas panels. I did learn that many people prefer to use daylight as a simple light source when shooting in a lightbox. I also notice that B&H is selling a portable light tent for about $60. I wonder how well that works.
By the way, what is a pr0n?
--Warren
I think a "pr0n" is fake shrimp, like "bef" is fake beef, as Tom would say. Just kidding. I think Tom means porn, or p0rn in spam-speak.
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