Shooting Wedding Invitations and Wine Glass

[SS308]

I've seen some beautiful pictures of Wedding Invitations with the couples rings on them. What lense would you recommend and the setup (diagrams would be great).

Also would like to try a wine glass with rings inside, again any ideas.

Thanks in advance! There are some fantastic photographers here and any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Dennis_Hammer]

Try a macro I have found the closer you can physical get the better. I ring light helps also.

[SS308]

Try a macro I have found the closer you can physical get the better. I ring light helps also.

Thanks for the help! I'll try that.

[Philco]

24-70 will get you close, but it's not a true macro. For really tight ringshots, a 100mm macro works really well. Just remember to keep your shutter speed way up because camera shake is tough handholding macro.

[tim]

I use a 100 F2.8 macro, but if I was buying now i'd get the EF-s 60mm macro (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/371176-USA/Canon_0284B002_EF_S_60mm_f_2_8_USM.html/BI/2312/KBID/3114). Shorter lens = more depth of field, which is what you need with macro images.

I have an assistant hold an off camera softbox with radio triggers, but i've had good luck with a fast 30mm prime and ambient light too.

[Shooting]

Or shoot the rings and wine glass separately and then use photoshop to put the rings in it.

[SS308]

Thanks for all your ideas, I'll try them this weekend.

[Peacefield]

I just picked up the 100 IS macro and will be using that. Had been using the 24-70 on a crop body, but still found myself having to crop down quite a bit to get the composure I wanted. And I hate throwing away pixels that I've already paid for.

[Shooting]

I just picked up the 100 IS macro and will be using that. Had been using the 24-70 on a crop body, but still found myself having to crop down quite a bit to get the composure I wanted. And I hate throwing away pixels that I've already paid for.

I know what you mean. I have a pic of a couple in a wine glass and if I could find someone to turn that into a template (remove the current couple) then it could be used for rings also and I'd send it to you. I have been on 3 boards so far and have asked around and no one either doesn't know how to make a template from a current image or isn't willing....so much for the photographic community helping one another.

[-MasterChief-]

a macro or if you dont have one, pickup some extension tubes.