I have shot lots of things on that table and always use the same things - white posterboard or copy paper as the background and as reflectors and colored paper for a snoot. Below are a few shots of the set-up and the final shots. The first is the original with a little dodging to the corners and to the upper, middle part of the label. The second is the same shot but with some added space to give a better comp....easily done with the crop tool in Photoshop. Make sure your color is set to white and that the crop ratio is cleared, drag the crop to the ends of your image and then just keep going til you get the size you like, hit apply and you have a new canvas size.
I used 2 SB-600s (thanks Brian for the loaner, I will return it soon) - one directly above the subject about 3 feet up, zoomed to 50mm and fired via CLS at 1/2 power. The other was camera left and slightly behind the subject, zoomed to 50mm, fired via CLS at 1/40 power and loosely snooted with a piece of blue colored paper. I torn apart one piece of posterboard and placed the pieces to get a nice bounce from the 2 strobes.
It makes me pretty happy that I can make something look kinda nice with just some posterboard and paper.
they are beautiful! paper and posterboard = fantastic images. Now, how do you get the paper to stand up like that?
ReplyDeleteYou rock. I love you.
ReplyDeleteCOOL! That's one lucky beer there. I LOVE behind the scenes and how~it's~done stuff. Great post!! Carm.
ReplyDeleteThanks Guys
ReplyDeleteJulie - love you too
Nancy - used posterboard. It is somewhat rigid so I just creased it in half and then formed it just how I need it. Also didn't make it too tall so that it would stand up for me.
Marc, to be honest that is one of the things that I have admired about you as a photographer. I started enjoying your images before you got your "big boy camera" (i.e. your dSLR). You were able to produce and draw me in with some fantastic images made on a camera that was far from the top of the line and very little gear. In fact I was kind of bummed when you did finally get your Nikon because I lost the amazement of thinking "He shot that on a Fuji S9000."
ReplyDeleteI'm still impressed at the stuff you pull of just holding your SB600 off your camera with one hand.
Love it! Love it! Love it!
ReplyDeleteAnd why should we laugh? This is the essence of photography for me: getting the shot with what is available.
Oh, and I love it because my flash is in it.
And I love it because I grew up drinking that beer in Belgium. (Memories....)
Oh, and I need to get me some posterboard...