Rohan Cooke |
Still Product Photography How would shoot cold bottle drinks, and what camera setting would you recommend?
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
This is totally up to you, Rohan. I suggest you try many, many different lighting situations and camera settings. Trial and error, I think, would be best in this situation, as there is no prescribed pre-setting (that I know of) to shoot those products. I will say, though, that I would use very intense lighting as to make the most out of the beads of sweat on the bottle. Editor's Note: By the way, BetterPhoto now has an Introduction to Product Photography online course.
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Oliver Anderson |
Make sure you try different settings because I was playing around with my Canon and just noticed they have a setting on there for photographing TVs evidently. I guess a lot of people like photographing TV or they wouldn't have built this setting into the camera...Man those Canon people think of EVERTHING.
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Roy Blinston |
Cold bottle shots as with many "product shots" are best done with surround lighting (including underneath). Therefore, a light table would be very useful. Alternatively shoot on a glass table covered with a thin cotton drape/tablecloth or similar. Small aperture to catch the glints on bubbles etc (f8 or f11). Some say a torch or thin beam extra light source gives added sparkle, though I personally haven't tried it yet.
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David King |
Hopefully this will provide some ideas as to ways you can go with the subject. David
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michellepetersphotography.com - Michelle M. Peters Contact Michelle M. Peters Michelle M. Peters's Gallery |
Oliver----I hope you were just kidding about the 'TV' setting! We all know that is the 'time value' setting and it controls the shutter speed. Perhaps you haven't had your Canon very long??? Good luck!
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Oliver Anderson |
No, Michelle but I'm ready to upgrade to the 1Ds MarkIII when it comes out because I heard it gets direct TV and may even have a Microwave setting...let's see Nikon beat that.
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
See, just another reason why Nikon is better - Canon has to add all those frills to sell the things....
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