New lighting setup for Comercial / Product photography

I got some seamless white paper and only used two AB units to try and shoot some items in my house.

Would you say these images are acceptable for sales and website use? I’m trying to venture out into a new thing.

Also, let me know if my lighting can be improved.

Thanks!

Please keep in mind all photos are shot stright out of the camera. No post processing... Only JPG-S to web resize...

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I think I need to up the power on my strobe a little bit. It was looking a little bright on the LCD screen but now it looks a tad dark on screen.

Guess I should trust the readings that my L-358 gives me

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All could have had more depth of field ... a bit soft. And, create your images in RAW and you can make corrections if the exposure was not 100% correct. I love the colors on the fishing gear ! You need more practice on correct lighting for table-top photography ... your lighting could be better.

When you are shooting static images, the power of your lights isn't as critical. As long as you are using a good solid tripod and the objects are not moving or viberating (caused by not being on a solid platform), all you have to do is increase your exposure time. When I do light tent work of static objects, depth of field has a higher priority than shutter speed. I've sometimes taken shots that were 30 seconds or more long to get the results I wanted. So don't be afraid to go with a longer shutter speed to be able to increase your depth of field. Sometimes adding more lights or increasing the power throws the lighting off.

You didn't do too bad of a job on these. You do need to diffuse your light a bit more and spread it out. The dark areas of the casting reel are a bit dark. The brighter areas are lit pretty good so you don't want to add more light there. If you have to, take too shots, one metered for the dark areas and one for the light areas and merge them together in Photoshop.

Mike

Sounds good, thanks guys!

Ill give it a try next time, these were shot around f/8 with two AB800 units. Using two brollys. I need to soften up the light, and ill try shooting at f/11 or f/16 instead.

I did these handheld too. Ill bust out the bogen for extra insurance. Color should be spot on since I used a gray card.

Thanks Again.