Your photos may end up a bit underexposed. Since there will be a lot of white in your product photos, the camera will likely have a hard time with proper exposure. Also, a remote to trigger the shutter is a good idea since touching the camera at all might cause a bit of shake. If you are going to be doing a lot of product photography, investing in an inexpensive tripod is really a good idea. This method will certainly work, but is not ideal since it won’t give you the precise control over the angles of your shots like a tripod will. If you don’t have a tripod, then set your camera on a steady surface that will line up well with the product you are shooting in the light box. A tripod is truly essential to prevent this. So, holding the camera while shooting will certainly produce camera shake. Since you won’t be using the on-camera flash or a bright direct light source, your shutter speed will need to be pretty slow. Instead, if part of the subject isn’t properly illuminated, move the light sources around until it is. Whatever you do, don’t use the on-camera flash as already mentioned. They get really hot and are a fire hazard. If you decide to use halogen work lights, be sure to set them far enough away from your light box to maintain safety. Flashes on wireless triggers or even halogen work lights can be used. If you don’t have two adjustable lamps with daylight bulbs, there are a few more options that might work well. The daylight bulbs will mimic the color temperature of sunlight, which will create the most natural white balance and will minimize the need for post-processing. The best light sources are two adjustable lamps with 100 watt daylight bulbs. Your last step is to light the box, which can be done several ways. Be sure to not wrinkle the paper as the wrinkles will likely show in your photos. There should be a gentle slope to the paper. The final step is to tape the large piece of non-reflective paper from the top back to the bottom front. Next, cut your semi-transparent white fabric to fit the cut-out areas and tape them to the box on the outside. You will need to set the box on its side and cut a large square out of all three sides, leaving a few inches around the cut-outs. The supplies you will need to make a light box are minimal and include a card-board box that will accommodate your product, a white and semi-transparent fabric, tape and a large piece of non-reflective paper. However, if you are on a very tight budget and/or simply have a handful of product shots to get it is very easy to make a light box yourself for only a few dollars. There are commercially available light boxes of varying sizes and prices, most of which are relatively inexpensive. Also, there is usually just not enough lighting which will cause the product that you are shooting to be underexposed. This can make getting the white balance right nearly impossible. First, most rooms have lights that are of varying color temperatures. Room lighting is perhaps the most problematic of all.
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This light is simply not predictable though and limits you to short windows of opportunity for taking photos. The exception to this is the sunlight on a cloudy day, since the light is soft and diffused. However, like light from the in-camera flash, there will be small bright reflections as well as harsh shadows. Also, very dark shadows are often created due to the very harsh and direct nature of the light.īright, direct sunlight is a bit better for photographing a product, since the white color temperature will usually be more natural. There will usually be small and very bright reflections if the product is at all shiny, such as a piece of glass. Your camera’s flash will often overexpose the very front of the subject and slightly underexpose the rest of the image. Many common light sources are inherently flawed for this type of photography since they tend to produce uneven lighting, unwanted shadows and incorrect white balance. Shin Han Watercolour tubes by Emerging Birder, on Flickr