Mark Tomas
Wine setup
This is the setup for this image
Main light is the softbox on the left. This lights the glass and bottle, and also provides the reflections. I used gaffer's tape around the edges of the softbox so it would have nice sharp edges -- on the earlier wine glass photo, I noticed that some of the edges were a little irregular. The softbox is lit by an SB-600, with a diffused LED flashlight for my ghetto "modelling light."
The large white reflector on the right provides a bit of fill light, mostly for the right side of the wine label. It also adds a little light to the neck of the bottle, so it doesn't disappear into the background.
The lightstand is holding a second SB-600, zoomed to 85mm, to provide light for the shadow of the bottle. There's a catalog cover taped to it to act as a gobo, to keep light off the background (it was lighting the couch a little too much).
There's also a round reflector on the left -- this is used to help the trigger flash reach the slave. Both flashes are triggered using the Nikon CLS system.
Wine setup
This is the setup for this image
Main light is the softbox on the left. This lights the glass and bottle, and also provides the reflections. I used gaffer's tape around the edges of the softbox so it would have nice sharp edges -- on the earlier wine glass photo, I noticed that some of the edges were a little irregular. The softbox is lit by an SB-600, with a diffused LED flashlight for my ghetto "modelling light."
The large white reflector on the right provides a bit of fill light, mostly for the right side of the wine label. It also adds a little light to the neck of the bottle, so it doesn't disappear into the background.
The lightstand is holding a second SB-600, zoomed to 85mm, to provide light for the shadow of the bottle. There's a catalog cover taped to it to act as a gobo, to keep light off the background (it was lighting the couch a little too much).
There's also a round reflector on the left -- this is used to help the trigger flash reach the slave. Both flashes are triggered using the Nikon CLS system.