Product exercise

M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
edited April 17, 2014 in Other Cool Shots
I thought trying to shoot a product of some type would be a good exercise. So I poked around and read up on shooting bottles and came up with this creation. This is all hobby to me for now, but any comments or thoughts on how things might have been done different/better would be much appreciated.

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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2014
    I could never take this shot.......all my bottles are empty.:slosh
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,950 moderator
    edited March 1, 2014
    I tried this a while back and had great luck using a piece of foamcore painted gold as a reflector. Gives the bottle a very warm look.

    I read about the foamcore trick somewhere and it seemed like a great idea. Cut the piece in the shape of the bottle and a bit smaller. I used a metallic gold paint.
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  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2014
    That's almost what I did here.....

    I saw a picture of a Coke bottle initially and tried to follow how that was done. Basically I put the unopened bottle on the purple bag on top of a box of drill bits on a card table. Behind that about 12" was a 20" soft box. Between the Crown and soft box was a black strip of foam core board that I had traced the outline of the bottle on, then cut a tad bit smaller. Camera was on a tripod and lining it all up took the most time with little trimming of the foam core here and there to provide the rim light. I used a gridded spot camera left and up about 45* to light the front, and a white reflector to illuminate the bottle right side from the gridded light. I just played with flash power to get the right illumination.

    Here's the pullback....
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  • dixondukedixonduke Registered Users Posts: 197 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2014
    Thanks for the pull back, and well done on the shot!
    Duke
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2014
    I gotta say good job here Scott thumb.gif

    Nice technique/setup also.
    Randy
  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited March 1, 2014
    rwells wrote: »
    I gotta say good job here Scott thumb.gif

    Nice technique/setup also.
    15524779-Ti.gif Looks professional!

    btw... I have an impressive collection of little purple bags... had to stop collecting them though,
    turns-out there's a bottle of whiskey in each one... rolleyes1.gif
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • FlyNavyFlyNavy Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2014
    Well done!
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  • puzzledpaulpuzzledpaul Registered Users Posts: 1,621 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2014
    Nice job :)

    You might find a book the kids bought me a few yrs ago of interest for this (and similar) sort of stuff ...

    Light ... Science & Magic
    Fil Hunter + Paul Fuqua
    Focal Press (mine's 2nd edition)

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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2014
    Looks as good as any I have seen. Great job and thanks for the pull back and explanation.

    Sam
    www.samlinvillephotography.com
  • JonaBeth RussellJonaBeth Russell Registered Users Posts: 1,065 Major grins
    edited April 17, 2014
    Looks pretty awesome! Thanks for sharing the setup as well.

    I like your mad-scientist basement, too!
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