Product Photography Layout and Video Shoot n00b Questions

NVP

NVP

NVP

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Hi Guys,

I've got my final production batch of e-scooters arriving Friday and need to take official product photography shots and also make a few action videos for advertisements.

I have an old Sony NEX 7 which will be for the product photographs.

I have purchased a 3x3m seamless white backdrop and frame, 2x shoot-through umbrellas with 45w bulbs for continuous light on stands up to 2m, and a 1m stand with 45w, no umbrella.

My plan was to layout as follows:


Key
Yellow = 1.5-2m high shoot-through Umbrella
Green = 0.5-1m high Lamp
Red = Product (scooter) (about 1.1m in height and width)
Grey = Whitescreen/Stand
Blue = Camera

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With the two umbrellas lighting the product and the lamp lighting the backdrop i should be able to get nice, clean photographs of the scooter with minimal shadowing, is that correct?



For the video shoot I was not going to use the NEX 7 and instead use my Galaxy Note 10+ with a handheld gyro stabiliser like the iSteady X. What are peoples opinions on this approach?


Thank you all
NVP
 
Hi there

This set up will work fine but you will need to play around with the lights a fair bit to find what works best

You are going to want a fairly bright light on the back preferably matching (you said 45w so I assume it is) colour temp to the lamps in the umbrellas. Bright because you will find it turning rather grey in the shots. Also you will get fall off depending on direction of light on the back. Camera on self timer and holding the lamp angle down the back drop can work well.

Are you going to cut the scooter out and add a shadow back in?

I take it you have a tripod

I hope the shots turn out well.
 
Thanks for the advice :)

Yeh same 45w 5500k bulb as the umbrellas but it will be unfiltered so should kill the majority of shadow, but as you said it will end up still greying which is no real issue as, to also answer your follow-up question, I will be cutting these for multiple usage.

I was initially going to borrow my brothers tripod but then thought I would just take them by hand, is that unwise?

Thanks again, and welcome to the forums :)
 
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Thanks for the welcome.

Im hanging out waiting for news on the 5900x..!

Definitely borrow a tripod as you want to keep iso low. Shoot raw if you have Photoshop or gimp etc.

Also the tripod lets you play around with support the lighting so you can adjust to what makes the scooter look best.

As you are cutting out lighting the scooter well (more playing with angles, just in front just behind and distance) is key.
 
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