Product Shot : Shoes with xmas topping
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Shot in commercial studio yesterday. Comments welcome.
Labels: Product Shots
posted by Jimmy @ 4:54 PM,
4 Comments:
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At December 1, 2007 8:56 PM,
Karinna Gylfphe said...
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For driving in snow. Just go slow and take your time. Take corners very slow. And when comming to a stop, start stopping further back than normal. Basically just slow. Also plan more time, and also alternate roots, just in case.
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At December 1, 2007 8:58 PM,
Karinna Gylfphe said...
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Oh I like all your promos, my favorite is the last. But it seems like your text and the picture are very close together, maybe give them a bit more space. I like the design on the second image under you name.
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At December 2, 2007 8:58 AM,
DragonHare said...
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Hi Jimmy!
Nice job, love the idea, great editorial work!
We shoot shoes/boots in our studio. Black reflective shoes are tough because first, they "see" everything, and second, black is tricky to light.
The way we do footwear is to use one softbox, and two snoots. The snoots are used to give nice highlights across the toe and heel of each shoe, the softbox fills in the rest. With black shoes, this is harder, we usually end up adding a white card to fill and to add additional highlights when the snoots are too harsh (they'll show up as a white blown out dot instead of a highlight along the shoe).
For your shot, try removing one of the highlights on the left toe, and add a highlight to the back of the same shoe.
With the right, you have one strong highlight that is a bit distracting, put a long thin white board just behind that shoe and you will have a nice highlight going up it from heel to top. You can use the same light or card to add a highlight to the toe of the right shoe that you are using to light the heel of the left.
Then use a large soft box to wrap light around everything to fill it in.
I like the placement of the shoes, generally you do not show the inside of the shoe, you show the right shoe, outside of it, and the heel/grip of the left shoe....but in a heels case, there isn't anything to show on the grip. I like that you placed it to show off its features.
And finally, the shoe is going very dark, especially in some of the detail areas (clients want to show off the detail areas, these are usually features they use to sell the shoe). In print, you cannot lose details in those blacks or it just looks like mud. When shooting for print, keep your blacks at 10 at minimum. In fact for a shoe like this, I'd slightly overexpose it to ensure I have lost no details, and then adjust the black point in post.
Hope this helps you out! -
At December 2, 2007 9:06 AM,
DragonHare said...
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Forgot to add, stuff those shoes! All our boots/shoes are stuffed to fill out the shoe, it eliminates the dents which catch light.
On the right shoe, I can see a big dip in the shoe, on the left, there are little ripples in it. Get some foam and stuff as much of it as you can in the shoe to give it nice shape!
