I typically shoot with four - two either ride, one on top and a harder light (undiffused) in front with a gemstone dazzler or diamond dazzler bulb in it for jewellery). Ideally you want at least three lights (two each side and a boom light which is angled and goes over the top of the product) but if funds are tight start with two. ![]() I also recommend the newer LED Daylight bulbs which last longer, don’t get as hot and don’t contain mercury which is toxic if the bulb breaks. But obviously the bigger lights need more storage space! I prefer the larger lights as you have much more flexibility in terms of making them taller or shorter depending on where you most need the light. Here is my typical natural daylight setup. Using a reflector (I use white board or card to the side of the product furthest away from the light source) allows you to maximise the natural daylight from a bright window and bounce it back onto the area of the piece furthest away from the window to brighten unwanted dark shadows. Now there are things you can do to maximise the light using natural daylight. You also sometimes get unwanted shadows on your products particularly on the side furthest away from your light source (your bright window) Some days we don’t get much natural daylight AT ALL! And you cannot control the light so your light source can brighten and darken throughout your shoot meaning you have to work a little harder when editing to get the consistency right in your photos and remove any colour casts the change in lighting has caused. It has a lovely quality and looks beautifully natural and it’s FREE! BUT, particularly here in the UK we are very much in the hands of Mother Nature on this one. So natural daylight is my absolute favourite kind of light for product photography. For DIY product photography the options are: The best place to start is to use the best light source possible. ![]() So how do you master light and exposure for your DIY Product Photography? Here are my top tips below:įirst things first. Now yes, technically you can sort out many issues in post production, but I always like to get everything looking as good as possible to reduce work after the shoot. It doesn’t matter how fancy a camera or equipment you have, if you don’t have great quality light then you will always be on the back foot! And I always say that the ultimate end goal is a sharp, well-lit image! Morgan’s videos there are many more on LensVid on the following link.The most important factor in capturing great images of your handmade products is light. You can check out more photography lighting technique videos on our dedicated lighting section here on LensVid as well as many more interesting DIY photography projects here on LensVid. This is actually not the first time that we have been looking at creating reflectors (a pretty popular topic here on LensVid), you can see a few popular DIY reflector videos here (as well as this simple one). Since it was difficult to remove the paper with the blue writing from the other side of the foam he removed the silver part (easily) and fixed them together using some tape on the sides (you can also glue them which will help). Now keep in mind that this size is too large to work with or transport easily so the first thing he did was to cut the sheet in half to create two 4” square pieces. ![]() The thing is that you don’t really need to spend tons of money on buying one if you don’t have to. Morgan simply went to Home Depot and purchased a large 8”x4”x1” bead foam with shiny silver on one side and white on the other with some blue writing. Reflectors are really useful (just check out these videos on how to use them and what you can do with them). Morgan (from the Slanted Lens) gets a little bit crazy and shows us how to make a simple two sided large reflector for under $8.
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