Product Shot Skills - How to Control Reflection
Online shopping is very popular these days. A nice product shot that can grab the shopper’s attention is what you need if you want your product to stand out from the rest of the competitions. This article will show you how to deal with reflection - a common problem in product photography.
The Shooting Angle
The difficulty in photographing reflective objects is that it’s hard to control the reflected image. Reflective object is like a piece of mirror. When light hits on an object, it bounces off the reflective surface at exactly the same angle at which it hits it, and then enters into our eyes where an image is formed. As long as we can figure out the reflective angle and adjust the shooting angle accordingly, we should have no problem in controlling reflection.
The Shooting Background
We can control the reflection by adjusting the shooting angle. In circumstances where it’s hard to adjust the angle, we can choose to use a clean background to avoid a messy reflection.
In order to avoid gaps and discontinuity in the background, never create backdrop by using two separate sheets of paper. Use a whole piece of paper instead and bend it smoothly.
Avoid Front Reflection
When you need to photograph a reflective object from the front, you will capture the camera and the shooting scene in the reflection. To solve this problem, we can make a hole on the center of a large piece of single-colored cardboard and insert the lens into the hole to shoot.
Try out these simple fixes as shown above which can help you control reflection in an easy way. For more DIY tips for taking product shots at home, please refer to the article“DIY Studio Product Shots”