----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan MacRae" Subject: Good reflections needed, help please!
> Does anyone do product shots on dark (black) > reflective material that produces good, even > reflections? > > I'm currently stumped working on a shoot for a local > company. I have to shoot some video components on > black (easy enough) but I'd like some good natural > reflection from the surface they rest on. > > I've already tried tempered glass over black cloth > (velour) but the reflections double up and look > god-awful. There's a PS trick for reflections but it's > simply too much work for anything but straight on > views. All of my shots are oblique angles. > > This guy had a really good idea: > > http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/08/on-assignment-shoot-your-shiny-new.html > > But, there's no way I'm going to find a piece of > granite as big as I need it (30" x 48" roughly) and it > would be way too expensive in any event. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks ahead of time. > I'd try using a mirror and a polarizing filter. Position a black piece of velvet in such a way that the camera catches a reflection of it in the mirror, and use the polarizing filter to remove the reflection from the top surface of the glass. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
