Comments on: Wine Photography Quickie

By: marco

marco — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:49:18 +0000

I did the same kind of job early this year (http://arsmaior.com/tmp/6383-2.jpg), but I wanted to solve every lighting problem with a single shoot, so I had to use a number of gobos and a snooted light only for the label.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:14:47 +0000

Syl, What do you mean by the above statement “CLIPPING PATH on reds”?

Thx.

By: Michael Molinski

Michael Molinski — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:35:04 +0000

I have read a book on lighting and it shows how to understand the physics of light and the way it reacts with different material, including wine bottles. I think it's the best book out there: Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

By: Syl Arena

Syl Arena — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:07:13 +0000

Rob – C L I P P I N G P A T H on reds, white is backlit on set, which also lights b/g.

By: eric

eric — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:07:06 +0000

I can only say that it is so true. I just went through the exercise with a whisky bottle of mine for a University photo project. I blended 4 pictures (1 blurry background because white surface was scratched, the bottle, the tiny reflective label and the top) all used different lights. I have to go back to my camera book to be able to use it with the computer the way I expect but I had the exact same problem and process as you did. 1 light from bottom/behind for bottle and background, 1 front light from softbox for label and capsule. I only wish i have 2 or 3 cases of bottle…

picture on flickr here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30525877@N06/4107848927/

By: Rob szajkowski

Rob szajkowski — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:59:15 +0000

Hey I noticed your backgrounds are a very pure white. Are you using a background light or spill or post production?