Product photography

[cbonj]

Any suggestions how to set up lighting for product photography are greatly appriciated.

I plan to buy and set up the lighting equipment, but am not sure what I should get. I thought to get 4 Alzo HMI lights with soft boxes and some large reflectors. The products are reflective (made from aluminum), or painted to simulate metalic look. They are about 40 inches long, 10 inches wide and 5 inches tall and seat on a table. I have a canon rebel XT.

[mjordan]

With medal and glass, you are going to find reflections are a problem, even with softboxes unless you add some additional diffusion material between the lights and your products. This is where a light tent of some kind comes in handy. If you make a frame or use a large white interior or painted cardboard box that you have cut off two sides and the top and drapped white material over it and get your lights close very close, you will reduce some of the reflections.

There are several threads on here that talk about light tents. Do a search for light tent and see what comes up. Or do a google.com search for light tent. It will give you some ideas.

Mike

[tim]

The book "Light: science and magic" is great for tricky things like metals, glass, paintings, etc.

[PhotosGuy]

Did you look at the "Sticky"s above your post?