Product photography workshop 01

In this workshop we started by discussing the brief and what we would be using cameras for, we also discussed lighting and and angles and how we would be using lighting to take photos of certain objects and products.

Working as a group of 5 we took some a couple of cameras and some lighting equipment and returned to the studio to set up. 

After discussing lighting we then worked on the positioning of the light stands to give the best images. We were told that the best photos would be achieved by facing the lighting from above at a 45 degree angle on what ever were taking photos of.

We spent some time taking photos of each other and then of various different objects, so we had a good mixture of photos showing how altering and using light works against different products.


Lighting and angles and change the look of a photo.

I found a website that discusses this simply and shows photo's to give an example.





This image is showing up front lighting, where the light is faced at an angle which will show up most of the face and will leave very little shadow or dark patches.






This image shows side lighting, from the left to the right shadow increases and is useful for showing up cheekbones and jaw lines, it's also useful for defining facial features.





This image shows backlighting, so this is the best for shadows on the face and darker toning in the hair, pretty useful for that all over darker more secretive image.

http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2013/04/15/photography-lighting-take-control-of-natural-light-to-using-flash/