gold lettering

[Grain]

Has anyone had any experiance on lighting gold leaf lettering on jars or tins?
I thought the wine bottle thing was tricky but trying for even, non reflective illumination of close up text in gold is also proving awkward.

[gonzophoto]

Please provide a picture and ill tell ya how to fix it.

First thing I can think of would bouncing the light off of a white reflector / foam core. A big enough one will give you a unison white "reflection" instead of a flash hot spot.

[Grain]

Glass backlit too, I forgot to mention.
Lettering about 3 inches across, five on some of the jelly jars.
http://www.thesoundplace.com/edits/label.jpg

[Grain]

Don't worry about it mate I have sorted it. Two shots. First shot backlit with label underexposed. I then marked position on the simulator paper and sprayed the bottles label with dulling spray. Replaced the bottle on the mark and shot using a straightforward (but boring) 45 degree two strobe setup. Then dropped label onto original pic in p/shop. Result! :)
Managed to keep a kind of 'gold look' this way/.
http://www.thesoundplace.com/images/label2.jpg

[gonzophoto]

Try lighting it from overhead, reflectors (foam core so its long not round) on each side, and bounce a light from behind and above off a reflector onto the label. You might save lots of PS time.

Always figure out which is quicker, a good setup or PS'ing. I am not sure if this set up will give you the results you want, but should take only minutes and you might be surprised.

[Grain]

That would be more ideal. I'll give it a shot thanks. I would rather get the shot 'out of the cam' Thanks again

[gonzophoto]

No prob, post the results when you're done.

[gonzophoto]

any update on this Grain?