From the course: Photogrammetry for Product Design and AEC
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How to light for photogrammetry photography
From the course: Photogrammetry for Product Design and AEC
How to light for photogrammetry photography
- [Narrator] In this video, we'll talk about how to set up lighting for photogrammetry photography. First, some general lighting goals. You want your lights to be as bright as possible, as even as possible, as diffused as possible, so not casting harsh shadows, and using the largest lighting source possible. This will help to avoid some highlights and we'll cover some more details of that in a later slide. First and foremost, don't use a flash. It'll cause bounce back and highlights, which will make your photos much more difficult, if not impossible, to process. Don't include light sources in your photographs. So, if this is your lighting studio, you'd want to zoom in so that you're not including any of those lighting sources in the actual photograph that you take into the photogrammetry software. Don't create hotspots. So, we can see here on this image of a tea kettle, there are reflections of lots of the lights. Now…
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Contents
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Choosing photography gear for photogrammetry4m 20s
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How to successfully plan your photogrammetry photo shoots4m 52s
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Choosing the best surface textures and shapes for photogrammetry Subjects3m 13s
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How to light for photogrammetry photography1m 58s
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How to set camera settings for photogrammetry1m 18s
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Background considerations for photogrammetry photography3m 42s
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Reasons why photos fail in photogrammetry1m 57s
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Preparing digital image files for photogrammetry1m 8s
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