Kirk Sade Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 I'm shooting a plate of dim sum for a commercial company...the back ground is going to be blue screen. Any advice on how to light a china plate? how to deal with reflections? thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Sorry, but you need to change your screen name to your real name, as stated in the forum rules. You can do it in My Controls. You'll get more help using your real name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Walter Graff Posted December 16, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted December 16, 2007 Fire a light from above with diffusion frame between it and plater. Backlight dim sum... one way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sander van de kerkhof Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 you could use a lightning tent as used in product photography as seen here or here. The same principal works for video and film, you box the product in with either 4'x4' frames with diffusion or bouncecards and you place your sources from where you want them to come from, as said in the previous post a toplight would work good with to bounce cards on the left and on the right and a back light. you can also place your camera between bouncecards and so minimize the reflection of your camera on the subject. anyway that's how i do it :P Sander, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sheehy Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 A large soft source above and slightly behind the plate is a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cheong Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I was working on a cooking show where we shot various food beauties. The food was placed on a dining room table (as we were on location) and the DP used a 6x6 frame in a book light configuration above the table with a silk backed with a black. Into the frame were bounced 2x 1K's. A little bit of negative fill and front fill were used depending on the shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiarash Sadigh Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 A good way of lighting china is to get your diffusion material ( a combination of full and quarter silk about a foot apart would be good) as close as possible to the piece and your light as far as possible...this'll creat a very soft effect on the body of the plate and leaves you with the option of selectively slashing with Dedos or other controllable spot lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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