well, i was inspired by a thread on POTN. i don't have any halogen lamps, but just one desk lamp attached to the top of my desk. i made it work as best as i could and this is the result.



hopefully i can find time to run to target and pick up some halogen lamps for side lighting!

 

seems like alot of shadow in the front
but still cool, haha.

i thought it was going to be of your ride

 

we were thinking the same thing



try to push it back a little and use your flash.

 

the only box i have at hand is VERY shallow, LOL. i'm going to pick up another cardboard box from staples that's a little deeper for a couple bucks - hah.

flash, eh? i tried that and i got a huge shadow. and tips for using the on-board flash?

 

don't.

 

didn't think so. hence my not using it in the picture above. but mr_x's post got me to questioning myself.

 

Well, can you adjust how much light/power output it can put? If not try a flashlight, pref. a LED with white light and paint the can with it or get another lamp. Those are the cheapest methods I use.

 

Does not really matter how much light his flash puts out or how much you can adjust it (speedlight), when it comes to product lighting a flash is rarely used. The only lighting that is accepted for product shots is a large, high watt light with a diffuser to eliminate the hard shadow. Gives a natural light quality.

 

monster energy FTW. cool pictures on both posters though. wish i had a lick of talent like that.

 

Here are some examples I did a while back for my product lighting class. I used just some background paper, a 500w light, and wrapped wax paper around the area out of frame to create a home made soft box.

 

LINK to a box I made.

 

^ I remember seeing that

 

I'll take a pic of some coke can I have with it in a sec.

 

1st time shooting a close up of a product.....anyway....here goes.
1st pic is the high priced set up........

2nd pic is the resulting image.......

 

Thats really nice. The pics of the light with the stuffed animal don't really give it justice. Just need a little bit of a fill on the dark side. Just take one of those pieces of white paper and bounce just a tiny amount back on the can. Nice shots.

 

here is another attempt...

 

 

nice

 

your on a roll tonight. LOL!

 

who yah talking to? LOL