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What must I buy to take amazing product photos?
I'm looking to do some very high quality professional looking shots for my collection of various items. They are not big items, imagine camera collection or lens collection etc. What must I buy to be ...
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How do i set up lighting to photograph a bunch of shoes for a website?
I have a couple of shoes I need to shoot- what would be the most effective way to set up my lights to get well lit products. Many of the shoes are highly reflective which adds an additional challenge ...
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Having difficulty lighting various reflective product packaging- use dulling spray?
Beginning photographer, first post- I'm trying to merchandize and shoot a product composition with a lot of beef jerky packages. The crinkly reflective packaging is proving really difficult to light. ...
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Product Photography without a Light Tent?
I am going to be doing some product photography but I am running into an issue. This issue is achieving the proper lighting. My ideal setup would be a light tent with a few lights and my issues would ...
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How do you shoot lighting designs in a studio?
I've been contacted by a lighting design company who want photographs of some new designs they have, against a white background in a studio. These are lights that would normally be fitted to ...
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Product shot of a vase with decals: reflections obscuring decals
I'm having trouble getting a good photo of a round base vase. It has a shiny round bulbous base with a decal which is being obscured by reflections. I've tried using a number of lights, umbrellas, ...
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Is the use of coloured lighting in industrial photography a bit… Passée?
I have been asked to do some photography around an aerospace engineering company, they make parts for planes basically.
Having looked at their previous imagery stash, taken i think 2003 ish, the ...
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How to do lighting for product photography of scrapbooking stuff?
I have tried to do some simple product photographing. It is mainly some scrapbooking stuff my wife has produced, like candles and gift cards. Up until now I have been using my Nikon SB-700 for ...
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How can I capture both sparkle and detail when photographing jewelry? [duplicate]
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What are the key things to think about when photographing jewelry?
I have some shiny stone studded bangles and diamond rings.
I want to capture both the "sparkle" as ...
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What are the best techniques for making great photographs of LEGO creations?
There are better and worse photos of LEGO creations out there. What techniques give better photos? It seems hard to photograph LEGO blocks because they are shiny.
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How do I photograph coins with a glossy surface?
I am trying to photograph my coin sets. The coins are encased in a postcard-sized glossy paper that acts as mirror.
I need to position my camera exactly on top of the card coin set. Unfortunately, ...
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How do I properly do shadowless product photos?
My friend asked me to create a photo like this. I noticed that its shadowless and my first question is whether it was setup to be shadowless, or was it made shadowless in post? How many lights are ...
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What should I do to take good jewellery pictures with a Panasonic FZ45? [duplicate]
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How can I capture both sparkle and detail when photographing jewelry?
I want to take good jewelry pictures with my camera (Panasonic FZ45). I currently have two stand ...
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What is the best approch to photographing a mirror or other highly reflective surface?
I have been asked by a client to take some product photographs of some vintage mirrors that they would like to sell and I am struggling with getting good clear shots of the mirrors. As such, what is ...
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How should I position my lighting for photographing books?
This is my setup for photographing books:
.. but I have issues with glossy books and magazines. I need help understanding the best place to position the lights so it covers the entire cradle (120 ...
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Advice needed for equipment and How-To material for taking pictures of items for ecommerce site? [duplicate]
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What equipment is needed for a basic product shoot studio?
I have a DSLR camera and I consider myself a newbie photographer. I want to take photos of items like pottery, ...
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What are the key things to think about when photographing jewelry?
I'm trying to help my wife take some pictures of jewelry she made. It's not for commercial use, but think of the photos we're going for as being similar to what one might want for a commercial shot ...
