Thanks, your reply makes me feel good, because I do not feel like I have much to offer since this became a digital list.
Probably the best thing I can tell you is get Calumet's full catalog it has all kinds of things in it for the product photographer you did not know existed. Probably have to call them, I think if you order it off the web they will just send you the flyers. You might want to see if you can not find a good book on "Product Photography", unfortunately I do not know of anything currently in print. Not saying there is not, I just have not been keeping up. Seems like there should be something for this digital age out there. -graywolf Feroze wrote: > That has to be the coolest thing I've seen so far for products, thanks. > What other pearls of wisdom can you pass on.... > > graywolf wrote: >> Studio types us what is called dulling spray. Here is a link: >> >> http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/BR1115/ >> >> >> >> Feroze wrote: >> >>> Hi Don, >>> >>> Shiny gold and silver are even harder :) My main problems at the moment >>> are eliminating the reflections of the light stands, the camera, me on >>> very shiny gold bands, hence the light tent. Please explain how you set >>> the WB from the fabric. WB is my bug bear at the moment. Its driving me >>> nuts. As for composition, I have a pair of 150W studio lights and just >>> use the modeling lights to check for shadows. However I am not carrying >>> around all this equipment, I have to look at these florescent lights >>> >>> Feroze >>> >>> Don Sanderson wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Feroze. >>>> I too use the EZ-Cube with 3 cheap compact florescents in white reflectors. >>>> These bulbs were $15.00 US for the 3 and last a very long time. >>>> I set manual WB once from the white material of the cube and haven't had >>>> to reset it in well over 2 years. I shoot strictly jpegs for eekBay stuff. >>>> Daylight balanced bulbs are a bit more money but would allow you to shoot >>>> with a preset, rather than manual, WB. Auto WB has never worked well for >>>> me in this application. >>>> The biggest advantage to this (vs flash) is being able to see, and >>>> eliminate, >>>> shadows before exposure. Since my items are all different colors, shapes >>>> and >>>> sizes, this saves me a LOT of time. >>>> >>>> The results are consistently very good, here's an example of a difficult >>>> 'subject': >>>> http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/Super-A.jpg >>>> Shiny, all black cameras with just a bit of chrome are very hard to shoot. >>>> >>>> Don >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >>>>> Feroze >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:17 PM >>>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> Subject: Light Tent / Box >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I've bought this : http://www.ezcube.com/. I'm trying to build a little >>>>> portable kit where I can go to the customer and shoot his jewellery, >>>>> some of their insurance dose not apply off the premises and some are >>>>> just to valuable to move around (I don't want to take the risk). Would a >>>>> normal flash (I have one fgz360 so far) be suitable as a light source >>>>> for this? Daylight bulbs are very hard to get here, and I'm really >>>>> struggling to get a proper WB on my K10D so I'm trying to avoid >>>>> florescent or other light sources. >>>>> >>>>> I can't test it as its still in transit, tought I get the rest of the >>>>> stuff together.... >>>>> >>>>> Your advice and past experiences is highly appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Feroze >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
