IngleGunLeather Posted September 12, 2012 Report Posted September 12, 2012 Hello everyone. I just made this box a couple days ago. I like the pictures better now vise my standard overhead cieling fan light. Haha. However, I'm getting alot of reflection off of some areas of my holsters. The box was built utilizing a frosted shower curtain and the lamps are 60w day light bulbs. I'd like to hear any suggestions on how to reduce the glare. Quote Ingle Gun leather
Members particle Posted September 12, 2012 Members Report Posted September 12, 2012 Add a light over the top to help increase the overall light and see if that helps. That way you can reduce the exposure a bit, lessening the hot-spots. You can also pull the lights away from the surface a bit to broaden the 'emitter', reducing the isolated hot spots. Quote Eric Adamswww.adamsleatherworks.com | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram
dirtclod Posted September 12, 2012 Report Posted September 12, 2012 It looks like your using goose neck lights. You can move them around, try twisting the necks / move the light around to get rid of the bright spots. I would think you could see them before you take a picture. Quote I'm old enough to know that i don't know everything.
mlapaglia Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 One other suggestion. Get a contrasting background. Its hard to see the holster against that background. Quote The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. Bruce Lee
Members JustKate Posted September 30, 2012 Members Report Posted September 30, 2012 Add a light over the top to help increase the overall light and see if that helps. That way you can reduce the exposure a bit, lessening the hot-spots. You can also pull the lights away from the surface a bit to broaden the 'emitter', reducing the isolated hot spots. Seconded. Quote My gallery My Facebook page My web site
Members Corey55 Posted November 4, 2012 Members Report Posted November 4, 2012 Hi there, I like your work. I'm a photographer specialising in reflective subjects. What you need to do, as others suggested, is move the light away from the fabric to create a more even coverage of light on the fabric. With the light too close, it creates a hot spot, almost as if the fabric wasnt in front of the light at all, and this creates the highlights. You dont need the light opposite, just have a white piece of cardboard to reflect the light back. This will give the gun more of a 3D feel, and not be so flat. You dont need a light on overhead, that will also make it flat looking. One light, used with reflectors, is all you need. You can also put a black card on the opposite side, to give a dark line on the subject - try it, you'll soon see how it looks, and you can experiement with where you place the card to fine tune the look of the holster. If you still get the highlights, put more translucent material between the light and the gun, like tracing paper, or just a white sheet between the light and the lightbox, to make the light-source, the square of light, more evenly lit. When it is even, the highlights will be reduced or eliminated. Good luck. Its a learning curve, but when you understand it, the next time it is easy and the results can start to look spectacular. Corey www.coreyrankin.com Quote
Members Corey55 Posted November 4, 2012 Members Report Posted November 4, 2012 Also put the gun on some blocks of wood or plastic, hide them from view, and this will separate it from the background a bit, making it look better. Once again, experimentation is the key. Quote
IngleGunLeather Posted November 8, 2012 Author Report Posted November 8, 2012 Thank you all for your inputs. I'll do some experiementing with the lighting. If I have to I'll turn the table sideways so I have more room and get the lights further away from the box. Maybe take a trip this weekend and get some of the cards that were mentioned. Quote Ingle Gun leather
Moderator immiketoo Posted November 12, 2012 Moderator Report Posted November 12, 2012 Corey, your photography is spot on. Perhaps you could write a tutorial for all of us aspiring photographers. I NEED to learn this. Quote Learnleather.com
Members Corey55 Posted November 12, 2012 Members Report Posted November 12, 2012 If only I had the time. Happy to answer individual needs and offer advice, it's a big subject and can be very tricky. Photographers guard their secrets well . . . Buy a good spotlight. Shine it through a sheet of white cloth. Move the light closer or further away from the cloth, and move the cloth closer and further away from the subject. The bigger the cloth (or the closer to the subject) the less shadow. The further away, (or the smaller the cloth) the harder the shadow, Put a piece of white cardboard or paper on the opposite side of the subject to reflect light into the shadows. Move the light, the sheet, and the cardboardboard around. Observe reults. I am actually in the process of making an app with workshops that teach you how to do all sorts of photography, should be finished in a few months. Quote
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