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Glassware
Some more experimentation with glassware. This was an attempt to try some 'dark field' lighting. The setup was simple, one large softbox provided the edge and top lighting. A black piece of foamcore was used behind the glassware.
While the simple setup created a nice image, I wanted a bit of highlight on the glass to show some shape. I set up a second light using a stripbox shot through a roll of vellum paper as diffusion.
The nature of the glass caused a matching reflection of the highlight to appear on the right side which I didn't want. I ended up blending two images, one taken without the highlight, one with. I then included only part of the highlight. I did some additional cleanup to remove some internal reflections and to make sure the dark areas were really black.
Glassware
Some more experimentation with glassware. This was an attempt to try some 'dark field' lighting. The setup was simple, one large softbox provided the edge and top lighting. A black piece of foamcore was used behind the glassware.
While the simple setup created a nice image, I wanted a bit of highlight on the glass to show some shape. I set up a second light using a stripbox shot through a roll of vellum paper as diffusion.
The nature of the glass caused a matching reflection of the highlight to appear on the right side which I didn't want. I ended up blending two images, one taken without the highlight, one with. I then included only part of the highlight. I did some additional cleanup to remove some internal reflections and to make sure the dark areas were really black.