Lighting help: Glittered Hands

[kriskent]

hi to all. I tried shooting hands, in fact two hands covered with red glitters (those teeny weeny particles that sparkles)

They are suppost so sparkle but i'm having a tough time making them to. My setup is 1 strobe light with a softbox diffuser only. What lens and aperture shall i use?

What's the technique to make the hands glitter or glow?

Do i shoot closer at a lower (bigger) aperture?

Your help is greatly appreciated to achieve such effect.

Thank you

[tim]

If in doubt use F8 ISO 100 as your starting point. The tricks will probably be to use a large soft box and play with the angle of the light until you get the effect you're after. The modelling light should help a lot with this.

[PhotosGuy]

The tricks will probably be to use a large soft box and play with the angle of the light until you get the effect you're after. The modelling light should help a lot with this. I agree. Try this. In a dark room, point a flashlight at the hands. Does everything glitter? I'll bet it's no. Hold the hands near a white wall & point the flash at the wall. Better?