How to photograph black products on a black backdrop using 2 lights.
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Karl and Urs once again team up for another 'How To', this time demonstrating rim lighting techniques for cosmetic product photography.
Using broncolor Siros lights, Karl demonstrates how to use just two lights to get a beautiful rim light around a black product on a black background. Using a handful of simple accessories in conjunction with the lights, Karl and Urs clearly show the importance of each individual light, as well as reveal the key to achieving gradient lighting.
Gradient lighting adds a particular level of professionalism to any shot and is a useful technique for product photography as it helps enhance form and shape. Used on anything from cosmetics such as this, to bottles or eyewear, gradient lighting is a technique used by many professional product photographers. Simple to create, it's an incredibly useful lighting technique.
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The lighting during the preparation of this how to at the start is a tutorial in itself.
shooting a black background with a white background light. Who would've guessed it could work. Great result and explanation. Many thanks
Thanks Karl. Fascinating! Grateful that someone who knows what they are doing is making these tutorials.
My pleasure thank you.
I am always watching your videos. Great ideas. Thanks.
I had seen around 25% of the video, and already hit the Like button. That´s how good the Dynamic Duo is when it comes to teaching lighting. It´d be interesting knowing how long did it take to put that set up together, because it´s the perfect example of how a seemingly simple image is the result of a lot of brain power.
VERY comprehensively done. Thanks for this!
Karl, you simply the best.
Always enjoy your videos...
Thanks! Nice breakdown too
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 best video ive ever watched
This is a product demo of black on black, but the concepts generalize to larger products, and people, and...
This why I watch your product stuff even if I do not shoot products.
Now being that precise with people, dancers and critters who not stay put is a little problematic, but conceptually doable.
Very informative.Thank you dear Karl.
Just when I felt comfortable using scrims (Lee 216) you throw it all away and go to back-lighting. So I shot a very black bottle of wine and put it on KTE FB member page. This is the best part of being KTE member! Bob Bradlee
Just what I was looking for 👌
Love it! Thank You for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
I know this trick from microscopy (dark field microscopy), but I would've never thought to use it in product photography - great tips, thanks!
Happy to help!
Karl Taylor, u r great
Intro was amazing, rest also
Good Job
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Good tips.
Muito legal seus setups.
Rodrigo SP - Brasil
Muchas gracias!
I have watched many of your videos on product photography and they are all great and informative. But one thing you don't talk about in all your videos is " how do you arrive at exposure details for each light. It would be great and helpful if you can through some light on this aspect. Thanks again for this great video.
Hi it's very simple, you look at the results of the image on the screen and you make a decision does it look too light or too dark and then you adjust the light up or down.
@@VisualEducationStudio Thanks for the response Sir, I had guessed it but was just wondering whether you use light meter for different shots. So, this means the shutter speed and aperture you have decided to use will remain same throughout the entire shoot and you will adjust the lighting to bring it to that level of exposure. Please correct me if I am wrong.
What bendy arm clamp system is that?
How come you can end up with this idea on setup your lighting? Did it come from experience or just from your understanding about physics? Damn real good!
Thanks, just from experience really. When you have to photograph something black against a black background you soon realise that it's not going to stand out so you have to solve that problem. Most commercial photography is about solving problems like that, next Tuesdays video will be a great example of that.
@@VisualEducationStudio thanks for replying. Next tuesday on youtube or on karltayloreducation.com? I subscribed both anyway. Would be waiting!
Awsome
I tried this on a square makeup palette for some reason was not working the line was super faint barely noticeable but I used the same exact setup and put a product more rounded like a lipstick and a bottle and it worked perfectly wondering if the physics of something with sharp corners versus something with more contour corners have something to do with it.
Thank you!
The acrylic you use for this shot, what's the dimensions and it seems to have rounded chamfered edges, does that make it easy to remove in post production not having sharp square corners, really interested in the dimensions of what you used. these really are the Best videos on UA-cam.
Hi Colin, no this was Urs's acrylic mirrors as we were in his studio so I'm not sure the size but no the rounded corners had nothing to do with it other than they probably came that way. I have various sizes with sharp corners in my studio.
What is the clear acrylic strip that you glued the product onto?
Karl Taylor, What are the black round stands with the arms and base handle? Where can I buy those? Thanks.
Foba
When doing product shots like this, considering it’s a motionless object, why use the flash strobe instead of the modeling lights or similar low intensity lights with a longer exposure? Is there a specific benefit to strobes?
Cleaner purer full broad spectrum light and more powerful so easier to achieve greater depth of field in an instance without anything getting knocked or the product moving on a longer exposure.
Very informative answer. Thanks!
Very informative. I'm curious about the device that the camera is mounted on.
Those are called studio stands or mono stands this one is a Foba but Manfrotto also make them
Love all the videos Karl. Just a query, what are those small stands with the flexible arms called?
Hi they are manfrotto flexible arms with a clamp on the end, they fit onto any lighting stand
@@VisualEducationStudio Perfect, thanks for your help.
Hi, Karl! Why is your little softbox located diagonally relative to the black tube and not parallel?
Hi Roman, the product is gloss, the highlight down it's length is a reflection of the softbox so it makes sense to keep the shape of that highlight to match the shape of the product. This is just simple physics that needs to be applied to all lighting scenarios, you can learn indepth about this here www.karltayloreducation.com/section/lighting-theory-and-equipment/
GREAT tks!!! ;)
great！
Where did you get that HUGE camera tripod? Outstanding video :-)
FOBA camera stand, also Swiss. www.foba.com/en/
@@garybulluss4671 Where is the pricing? I just see a bunch of products with no price
Denzel Modeste if you cant afford it the price isn’t important
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what is the name of light stand?
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Where does the flash come from?
It comes out of the same lights, that's how studio lights work. There is a light so you can see what you are doing and then it flashes when you take the shot.
the lighting looks too complicated
Not using fancy, expensive lighting? I understand why it totally makes sense for a pro to use expensive gear, but to say that a +2k$ strobe isn't expensive for a product shot that can be replicated with lights a fraction of the price is just not true.
@@VisualEducationStudio You are using what you have in the studio. Makes sense. If you have a bunch of Brons hanging around, why would you use flashlights. And I suspect you could get very similar results using flashlights. As you said it tis the technique.
A bit taller!!!! LOL.
Lol all that is overkill 🤣
So much equipment
The important part is getting the final image with efficiency and reliability. Just the right amount of equipment, in my opinion.