Don’t Point a Light at Shiny Objects, Understand How to Photograph Reflective Surfaces

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  • Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
  • Learn How To Photograph Shiny Objects in this Laws of Light Product Lighting Tutorial. Reflective surfaces are different than anything else you'll photograph in that it really doesn't need light shined at it. If you shine a light straight at the shiny metal, it doesn't light it. It's like a mirror and it reflects everything around it. So take a look a this step by step tutorial on how to light shiny metal!
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    00:00 How To Light Shiny Metal
    00:10 Placing the soft box
    01:12 Avoid looking plastic
    01:37 Create a gradation on product
    02:22 Adding reflectors
    03:06 Add light across to open up shadows
    03:43 Light details with bounce light
    04:13 Add gradation with black card
    04:57 Create dimension with black card
    05:31 Use putty to angle product to get details
    06:09 Adjust cross light to minimize light on background
    06:19 Adjust shadows in Photoshop
    06:41 Lighting Breakdown - Recap
    07:17 Pay attention to angle of incidence
    07:47 Adding and subtracting light
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Комментарии • 27

  • @Bishnu_Deb
    @Bishnu_Deb 28 дней назад

    Every time when I come here I learn something useful which helps me to take my works to next level. Thanks Mr. Morgan for the lovely tutorial. Love from India. 🇮🇳

  • @Mistletote
    @Mistletote Год назад +2

    Hi Mr. Morgan - I just discovered your channel while looking for specific photography lighting tips and I am astounded by your high quality videos. I generally don't watch YT because it's difficult to parse through it to find quality content, but I've found myself watching several of your videos. You present topics in a clear and easy to understand manner that's friendly for both beginners and veterans. I love how you show real-time demonstrations with how lighting is affected by different objects. Just wanted to give a big thank you for all you do and looking forward to more!

  • @SinaFarhat
    @SinaFarhat Год назад

    This is great! :)
    Have a good week!

  • @westcoaststackers
    @westcoaststackers Год назад

    Thanks Brother, I have a silver stacking channel and your video was fantastic. Answered all my questions.

    • @TheSlantedLens
      @TheSlantedLens  11 месяцев назад

      Glad I could help. Thanks for watching!

  • @Households1234
    @Households1234 Год назад

    Excellent job! Mr Potts would give you an A+ on this one.

    • @TheSlantedLens
      @TheSlantedLens  Год назад

      Good old Mr. Potts! Appreciate your comment!

  • @zungalele
    @zungalele Год назад

    Will try using this tips with gemstones. Tnxs!

    • @TheSlantedLens
      @TheSlantedLens  Год назад

      Great plan. Let us know how your shoot turns out!

  • @TheseusTitan
    @TheseusTitan Год назад +2

    I really enjoyed watching your thought process concerning lighting and its challenges. I have had difficult situations in lighting objects (mainly because I don’t know what you know). Since the camera is on a tripod, what about lighting the leather and taking one photo and then lighting the dagger and then putting the two together in Photoshop? You can get the optimum lighting of both worlds. It is fast that way too

    • @TheSlantedLens
      @TheSlantedLens  Год назад

      That is an interested thought. It will work if you are good at creating the shadows in Photoshop. But probably not faster than lighting the product and scene.

  • @Michaelajacksonfilms
    @Michaelajacksonfilms Год назад

    Thank you

    • @TheSlantedLens
      @TheSlantedLens  Год назад +1

      You're welcome Michael! Thanks for watching!

  • @leoquesto9183
    @leoquesto9183 Год назад

    Spotting neg works so beautifully. Every day.

    • @TheSlantedLens
      @TheSlantedLens  Год назад +1

      Wow, there is a throwback to days gone by. Thanks for your comment.

    • @leoquesto9183
      @leoquesto9183 Год назад

      @@TheSlantedLens Thanks for sharing your good work.

  • @richardrosenthal7241
    @richardrosenthal7241 Год назад

    amazing

  • @Skipsul
    @Skipsul Год назад +1

    This works not just for metal, but also shiny or transparent plastics, which have their own difficulties.

  • @Graham_Wideman
    @Graham_Wideman 8 месяцев назад

    All these "90 degrees" are really the incident angle equaling the reflected angle. Only if the incident angle is 45 degrees (to the reflective surface) is there a 90 degree angle between incident and reflected rays.

    • @TheSlantedLens
      @TheSlantedLens  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching and keep on clickin!

  • @TheWeirdSide1
    @TheWeirdSide1 6 месяцев назад

    Why do my objects look like garbage when I photograph them with a phone camera and room lighting... oh, that's why