'How To' Rim-light and light a black product shot
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- In this 'how to' video Urs Recher & Karl Taylor give a brilliant demonstration on how to create a stylish product image of a Siros studio light. Urs gives some top tips for reversing the tone of the product text and creating a perfect rim light around the product. Enjoy!
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You have to watch the video again to get the tips. Awesome work. Hope to see more videos this spring.
They both are awesome. I've learnt a lot from here. Lots of love 💕 from India 🇮🇳 for you lovely people.
Lighting control is an art. Wonderful demonstration.
Wow. Urs and Karl are both really, really good and have a ton of experience. Nice job!
Awesome!! Thanks.
Karl You Really Impress me everytime I hear you talking about light or creating video about it. Love Love Love you and your work.
I really miss these videos. They were very informative and always interesting.
Glad you like them!
You guys rock! Simply stunning! The part on the Reflective vs. matt - hard vs. soft and changing the reflective angle. What an amazing knowledge and understanding of light. Keep on going love it and thanks to both of you!
+Christopher Quet Hi Christopher, I hope you are well! Thanks for your kind words.
@@VisualEducationStudio you and Urs both are awesome. I've learnt a lot from here. Lots of love 💕 from India 🇮🇳 for you lovely people.
Urs's rim technique with the huge softbox spilling around the smaller black background, combined with the flare blocking "window" just blew my mind. I could see using a similar technique for fine art nudes or model cars. Just astounding stuff.
Actually a very good tutorial for people learning lighting techniques..
wonderful demonstration of illuminating different surfaces at the same time. i was impressed by how just a light angle adjustment changes the result (emphasizing the product logo)!
+Darebakk thank you.
The bulk of my business is product photography, and I love black on black. This was extremely helpful!
These videos are wonderful.
+Richard Mitchell They're good but they're not as good as our main courses on my website! :)
+Lee Ramsden Thanks Lee
Amazing lighting lesson. Thank you.
You're welcome!
That was really cool vid....
Amazing how the way the light works is changing using different strength, angle, etc...
Fantastic tutorial. What a professionals
these lighting control over product is awesome, i find it very artistic, and really great to study us
This is really a great video. Congrats. And, Karl, yes, your video courses are great! Well worth the money.
+gustavo campos Thank you
What an amazing and informative video Karl! Thanks!!!
Love the flare blocker idea!
these lighting videos are great. keep them coming!
Simply Superb 👍
Probably the best Video of this series! Great, thank you very much!
You've got an awesome studio mr. Taylor!
And this 'tutorial' is absolutely perfect. Very nice explanation of how the lights work and which effect they have on the end result.
+pdebie1982 Thanks
That may be the best vid i have seen. awesome work Urs!
Brilliant stuff, as usual - thanks Karl & team.
Really impressive lighting tutorial. Although, there were no explanation on the lighting itself, it was very clear what you did. Thanks!
brilliant technique
Cheers
Wow, wow, wow! Incredible stuff.
Fantastic video. Thanks guys!
these vids with Urs are absolutely fantastic and very inspiring. Keep it up you guys!
+John Flury thanks, there are more on our channel here and even better in our main courses on my website at www.karltaylorphotography.com
A really helpful video, thanks for sharing.
Such a great tutorial
Amazing as always
Amazing, I'm literally going to use these lighting techniques this month on a job
again amazing video!
Killin' it. Thank you.
Another great video Karl!
I apply many of your lighting techniques in my line of work (3D graphics / realism)
Since software renderers like MentalRay or Vray are essentially light simulators.
impressive how to ideas
Gracias .Súper interesante .
Saludos .
Really interesting thank you.
Excellent
Good stuff
Awesome!
Can we see the final image in full resolution somewhere?
+Toni Lähdekorpi Hi you could try broncolors website, Urs might have posted them on the 'how to' page?
+Karl Taylor Found it!
Interestingly Urs chose the one with the dark text:
www.bron.ch/broncolor/how-to/shoot-this-photo/sample/?tx_bronproducts_pi1%5Blightexample%5D=82&tx_bronproducts_pi1%5Blecatphotos%5D=7&cHash=baba2fc3e97ae3ac09e8e8db2b16a854#.Vfu0a8njHqA
hey karl, first of all: your videos and results give me chills, it's unreal. thank you for giving us an insight of your work.
i've got a question though. i noticed in your product shots, that you never frame them for your final picture. so i assume you crop them afterwards in post. why is that? aren't you losing quality?
+Jim Alpin Hi Jim, In commercial product photography you generally shoot a little loose so the art director can choose the crop later. On high resolution medium format cameras like the Hasselblad H5 50 then it's not really an issue.
I was seeing other using profoto, elinchrom, and you I kind of liked the overall feel and quality feeling of broncolor. I then went to see the price tag : O.o ! There probably very good, I do expect it at that price range, but at the price of a used car for one head and the power pack it's still a long long long way out of my reach !
Just a ballpark idea, a photo like that one would retail in what kind of price range ? I'm starting to realize that seeing all the equipment in your studio it is probably worth in the 7 digits, that's surely no achieved with 200$/day posing session.
Karl uses Broncolor gear because he can, and it gives him maximum control over light and color temperature. But any of these techniques can be used with inexpensive manual speedlights like Yongnuo or Lumipro if they are applied correctly. Don't believe you have to have the same gear to use smart, creative approaches like those shown here. Nothing should stop you from using whatever gear you can afford and applying your skill and creativity to make quality images.
Karl i have a question, how can i sync between my camera and the computer to show the picture i just shot on the screen as you did!
what colour is that flare blocker on the front?
Hi, I'm new to Karl's channel, loving everything I've seen so far but hardly scraped the surface on the knowledge being share here, so apologies if this question has been covered elsewhere.
With this sort of show I'd be constantly concerned there would be areas of '0-black', which I've always led to believe was as big a no no as have areas of pure white at 255. It's probably a whole tutorial in itself but what are "The Rules" on blacks and shadows that are showing a value of 0, of no information, for commercial work, for all outputs be it web shots, print shots etc? Thanks.
Hi Peter, I'm afraid you have been misinformed. There are many images where black is 0 and white is 255 but there are also many where it is not, it is totally dependent on the image and the effect you want to reproduce.
This I call photography :)
supergood
Hey Karl, great video as always!
I was just wondering if you had any tips for my studio gear:
I plan on buying the Siros 800s two light kit and I am stuck on my choice of modifiers!
I plan on shooting outdoor fashion similar to your iceland fashionscapes (just worst in every way), the whole Para range is basically out of my 1500$ price range for modifiers and I was thinking of getting big 69 inch octaboxes. I am, however, scared of the soft quality of light those would give me, and am scared of the limiting nature of the lightspread a simple umbrella may give me outdoors.
Should I cheap out and get lower end strobes to be able to fit them on cheaper modifiers such as zeppelin westcotts, or do you think that getting cheaper strobes is just going to end up being a wasted investment once I will get to a level where mediocre just won't cut it.
Thank You!
I love your videos and your courses !
Love from Canada!
+Charles C Hi, The Siros kit is a great set of lights but to use it on location you are going to need an external battery pack that they can run off, otherwise you might be better going with a Bron Move kit, I think they do one that includes a Para 88. The bron 150cm octabox is a nice light but a little soft more most of my work. Cheaper strobes will be a waste of money they don't even work very well in many modifiers because the light only comes out of the front of a strobe and not the sides too. I'd seriously look at a Move Pack and Mobi lights if you are wanting to do outdoor stuff. Also watch this video to see the different looks of different modifiers: th-cam.com/video/8NrNpQlabnE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, I will check it out!
This is a professional way, but I seen great "studio" results with one chinese LED light too.
+Gino Foto I can make great product photos with a desk lamp and a torch as I demonstrate on the free video on my Facebook page. But when you are in business it is a question of efficiency, repeatability, reliability and super fast flash durations for liquids and fashion work. As a professional your most important consideration is not the cost of the equipment it the ease with which the equipment can make you money. Of course if you are just messing about in your bedroom then you could use a light bulb and a bed sheet to take a photo.
+Gino Foto Looking forward to seeing your video on creating a comparable product photo of a black product on a black background using a single light--won't even hold you to your self-imposed limitation of it being an LED of Chinese manufacture.
+Karl Taylor plus, if u r using better equipment, you can justify to client why you can charge XX amount of money.
Karl, can I ask you what lens are you guys using on that shot? Thanks.
+Fernando Martins Ribeiro Yes it's this one www.hasselblad.com/lenses/medium-format/hc-32150mm