 Spencer Hoglund |
Cutting back on glare?
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BetterPhoto Member |
shoot raw, underexpose and turn up the light and contrast and maybe a little saturation
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Andy |
Polarizer only eliminate glare from NON-metallic objects. In this case you have to adjust the angle of the light source. A light difuser may help too.
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Michael H. Cothran |
Spencer, As a veteran studio photographer, I can give you a solid answer. You need a bigger/softer light source. You are using what we call a pinpoint light source. Bad choice. Use the same light, but put something between it and the subject to soften the light. Something like a sheet of white plastic, plexiglas, or even a stretch piece of white shower curtain. ANYTHING. Also, to avoid that big shadow, don't put your light source so far to the side. The bigger the light source compared to the subject, the softer and more flattering the lighting will be. And it will eliminate your glare. Read up on studio lighting techniques. There's a whole internet full of information on the subject waiting for you to discover. Michael H. Cothran www.mhcphoto.net
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Michael H. Cothran |
Spencer - Looking more closely at your picture, it appears to have been taken in bright sunlight. The sun is the brightest, harshest, pinpoint light source there is! And you might be thinking that is is BIG, but compared to your subject (is it a hood or trunk ornament?), and being 93,000,000 miles away, it is a very, very small pinpoint source. Like I said, just put something between the sun and your ornament that will soften the glare, and you will see a world of difference. Michael H. Cothran www.mhcphoto.net
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