Thanks to all for your suggestions. I'll have to think about these, they're all intriguing.
Cheers. -Brendan --- Anthony Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I could get it easily, I used fully exposed and > developed roll > film...... sixty inch wide roll film that is. It > could be used like > any roll background either base up for a reflective > surface or emusion > up for a beatiful satin surface. Double reflections > were unheard of. > > Lithographic film was the blackest and had the > glossiest base, but was > prone to pinholes. Continuous tone film, while it > didn't develop out > as intensely black, was more dependably flawless. > > I don't know if the graphic arts industry even uses > film anymore, but > it should be available for making contact printing > internegatives for > platinum / palladium printing. > > regards, > Anthony Farr > > On 16/11/2007, Brendan MacRae > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > -Brendan > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link directly above and follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
