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Lighting translucent or glass products

Lighting translucent or glass products

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Lighting translucent or glass products

- Bottles, faces, stained glass, and glassware, they all have translucent properties to them, and they can be a real challenge to light. Some have colored tints. Others have surfaces that curve in directions you'd never think possible. Lighting these kinds of products will take time and patience. They require attention to detail and creative problem-solving. So, let's walk through the basics of one my setups. Our product is a glass perfume bottle, and the shot is of our friend spraying perfume into the air. We have a Diva 400 behind our product at about a 45-degree angle from the camera's field of view, and in front of it, is placed a large diffusion. Even though the Diva is a soft source, if we leave it plain, we might see some of the tubes and barn doors in the glass. Check out the effect that it has on the bottle. The fusion acts as part of the highlight. This is important. If the diffusion itself has any flaws, you're going to see them in the glass potentially. Keep clean…

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