Photographing glass: Lighting techniques for transparent glass objects

Re:Photographing glass: Lighting techniques for transparent ... by mozumder on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @03:43AM (#16965257)

Photographic lighting is such an overlooked skill. Commercial photographers spend years crafting this skill. You can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars just on lighting, where one umbrella reflector, with no electronics, can cost $11k.

Here's an example of an iPhone product shot: https://fstoppers.com/video/bts-how-apples-product-photograp...

Each specular highlight & complementary shadow contrast is put in on purpose, with its own lighting/card/reflector.

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Re:Photographing glass: Lighting techniques for transparent ... by fredley on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @08:54AM (#16966594)

I had no idea these were photography, I always assumed they were renders.

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Re:Photographing glass: Lighting techniques for transparent ... by pasta on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:18AM (#16967195)

Related to this: when Ikea started using 3D models in their brochures photographers were teaching the 3D modelers how to lighten the products. And visa versa a lot of photographers became interested in 3D modeling.

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Re:Photographing glass: Lighting techniques for transparent ... by aw3c2 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:51AM (#16967451)

Why do they bother photographing real models if they end up filling their screens in Photoshop in the end anyways?

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Re:Photographing glass: Lighting techniques for transparent ... by brudgers on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @12:21PM (#16968467)

My guess: legal requirements regarding "truth in advertising."

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