Product Photography Layout and Video Shoot n00b Questions

[NVP]

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



Top down:


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

 

[NVP]

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

 

[NVP]

Awesome, thanks for the tips and I will definitely borrow his tripod now Cheers