First venture with a nice studio kinda setup. All the images are straight out of the camera with no adjustments other than RAW > JPEG (Resized at 1600w)
Camera left flash used Yongnuo YN-560, Camera right 430 EXII. Both reflected through umbrellas. (Picture below)
I was using an XTi with a combination of the 55-250 and 50 f/1.8 through various f stops.
For the motorcycle shots, the CL (Yongnuo) flash was 1/16 power and the CR (canon) was 1/8 +0.3.
For these shots the CR Canon was 1/8+0.3 and the CL Yongnuo was 1/8.. which should explain that shadow towards the left I guess.
The whole setup was made with product photography in mind, but I ended up fooling around with the scale model of the motorcycle above. My goal in the motorcycle set was to make it look as realistic as possible.
In these two shots, I like the less exposed one because it shows the product properly, but I also like the high keyish slightly overexposed shot.
I would appreciate critique and suggestions!
Another big question I have was I tried shooting a black reflective bottle of liqueur and it was lit properly and everything but the reflections in it were all over the place! You could see the white background sheet and the carpeting beyond the sheet as reflection in the bottle and that looked very ugly. Any ideas how to go about that so I don't see that, or is it just pretty much to be handled in PP.
