well i mean around there,
it's up to u, anyway..

PS : i'm not in photographic related field, but there's one time,
i was standing n looking at a basketball in the middle of the empty court
and the strong shadow that falls behind the ball,
the scene really gives some kind of emotion...
dont know how to describe it

sorry OOT

I see I see I'll go there next semester. Thanks!

This post has been edited by Aurora Boreali: May 18 2007, 09:31 PM

First attempt at product shooting. Hehe. Both the pictures are the same... although the first one was edited a little while the 2nd one is original (resized only). Pic 1 got "whitened" at the background at the bottom right. What to do... lighting not good enough.

the colours of the bottles are too weak i would say.. need to adjust the contrast, or shoot with a black background, i think it may work..

You mean the bottles or the cap? The bottles are transparent so I'm not quite sure how to bring out the colours of the bottles... Care to explain a little more on this?

A black background for product shooting should be velvety right? As in it doesn't reflect lights at all, otherwise the material will reflect light and the background won't look full black. I don't have any black thing to use as background, hehe. Closest I can think of is black sugar paper, which I think will reflect light. Ah simmy would know best about what to use as black background

And I know the cap almost dissapeared into the white background. Coz I upped my exposure compensation to +1 1/3. Any value lower than that, the background won't look full white, which is kinda ugly for product shooting. So I have to make do with "dissappearing" bottle caps.

This post has been edited by Aurora Boreali: May 18 2007, 10:21 PM

the red and the sparkling star colours are not strong enough to make it a stand out image.. maybe u can try to adjust the contrast level in photoshop.. if use blackground, the better dont use flash or use flash directly to the object.. just a couple of bulb light on each side of the subject.. it is kind of experimental shot/ mini studio shot... but the work will pay..

I see. I think that's because I upped my Exposure Compensation to a high value, making the colours washed out. If I don't, the backgorund won't be pure white, so it wouldn't look professional.

Will try out with black background one of these days.


This post has been edited by Aurora Boreali: May 19 2007, 08:28 PM

Image adjusted in Photoshop using Auto Levels, Auto Colours and Auto Contrast Now this is the real colour of my nail polish.

Oh I did use 2 table lamps on the immediate left and right of the subjects. Just lacked one to shine down from the top.

do you really need it to be on white background?

you could choose a darker background and your items will stand out better.

and what kind of lights are on your table lamps?

Erm that's because I don't have a black background and 99% of the time products like these are taken against white background. So I thought of simulating these professional shots

These 2 lamps are not the same at all, one is IKEA standing lamp with Phillips light bulb, and another one is unbranded table lamp using the light tube that came with it. IKEA's one has a hood around the bulb, and the cheapo lamp is flat regtangular shine-on-your-table kind. Both of their shades are almost the same (well I can't the the difference) - Fluorescent Cool White.

Just had to make use of what I have there and then.

This post has been edited by Aurora Boreali: May 20 2007, 01:19 AM

i think that will depend on product la, now logically speaking the white covers won't look nice on white background.

True When I have time I'll go look for a nice black background and set-up properly. Plus that IKEA lamp is my roommate's, can only use it when she's not using it.

wait wait. notice i said DARKER background, not BLACK background.

you should choose a background color that
1. matches the product
2. enhances the product
3. does not distract

so generally, any color is darker than white so to speak. for your product, perhaps pink or light purple background. or even yellow if you want.

did u see the difference on the colours after doing some experiment and a little bit of post-precessing?? i see that in this picture. that's why i said a bit of thinking and experiment will eventually pays..

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This post has been edited by Aurora Boreali: May 28 2007, 12:56 AM

you adjusted quite a lot of contrast?

Contrast just a little. Mainly I adjusted the colours using Channel Mixer. Well is it a bad thing? I like the colours because it's more vivid than the original ones which is kinda dull.

This post has been edited by Aurora Boreali: May 28 2007, 01:15 AM

Some out-takes









Me taking g88 taking some young photogs from a secondary school.

Good attempts there girl ... love the shots! Overall kind bright, high contrast and warm to my taste but it's personal preference. Love that bike that guy's using ... a real country classic! Check out his plate man ... only "BB" ... number pun tarak!