Food Shoot round 2

Food Shoot

Commercial Object

Shooting Glass

 

Glass on White

Glass on Black

Photographing glass can be tricky; but with a few steps it can be quite simple! The tools we need are: a camera, a glass object, a tripod, a softbox which is a box fitted over a lamp to diffuse the lighting. The sides of the softbox are typically black, and the light from a softbox doesn't create hot spots of light because it evenly distributes the light over the intended area. You can use more than one of to light the object from multiple angles. Another tool you can use is a thin sheet of black or white plexiglass, depending if youre shooting the glass on a black or white background. Using plexiglass will give off a reflection of the product but its probably better if its frosted, to prevent reflection from happening. To avoid glare, use a graduated background to make the picture look like all the light is fading off into the distance, so the object is in full focus. As with underlighting, backlighting will draw attention to the object's natural lines. Using the softbox is the easiest way to achieve this. The background has to completely cover the area being photographed or the picture will look uneven and end up with glares. It takes a bit of experimenting with the lights to find the right angle for getting nice highlights and lines in the photo. Especially with black where we have to measure each light so that we end up with a 1:1 ratio side to side, and 2:1 from the Boom light hanging above.