Easily master 6 lighting skills for still life product photography

What is still life photography? Still life photography, mostly refers to the photography of man-made movable objects as the object of expression. Most of the themes are handicrafts, fruits, vegetables and flowers. On the basis of reality, after organization and arrangement, artistic processing of composition, light, tone, color, etc. is carried out to accurately reflect the texture and three-dimensional sense of the subject.

Good still life pictures require careful set and sometimes lighting. So today, I will tell you how to set up lighting for still life photography.

The lighting of still life photography has a lot of subjective randomness, but it also increases the difficulty of lighting. In order to improve the effect and speed of lighting, generally follow the following steps and rules when lighting.

 

Determine the main light – add auxiliary light – set background light and add contour light – add decorative light – check.

1、Determine the key light

The key light is the dominant light source, which determines the main tone of the picture. In lighting, only after the main light is determined, it makes sense to add auxiliary light, background light and contour light. In the process of determining the key light, it is necessary to systematically consider the lightness, intensity, coverage, and the distance to the subject of the key light source according to the subject’s modeling characteristics, texture performance, distribution of light and shade, and the separation of the subject and the background. distance.

For most shooting subjects, generally choose soft light, such as reflective umbrellas, soft lights and fog lights as the key light. Direct floodlights and spotlights are rarely used as key lights, unless the picture requires them to bring a strong contrast effect.

2、Add auxiliary light

The illumination of the main light will cause shadows on the subject, unless the photographic picture needs a strong contrast. Generally, in order to improve the level and tone of the shadow surface, supplementary light should be added when lighting.

The fill light generally uses soft light, and its light position is usually on the opposite side of the main light. According to the needs of the picture effect, there can be one or more auxiliary lights. While using various lamps as auxiliary light, don’t forget to use as many reflectors as possible, which can often produce unexpectedly good results.

3、Set the background light

The main function of the background is to set off the subject or render the atmosphere. Therefore, when dealing with the background light, it is necessary to pay attention to both contrast and harmony.

4、Add contour light

Decorative light is mainly to decorate some parts or details of the subject, and it is a local and small-scale light. The difference between decorative light and auxiliary light is that it does not aim to improve the brightness of the dark part, but to make up for the lack of main light, auxiliary light, background light and contour light in shaping the image.

5、Add decorative light

Decorative light is mainly to decorate some parts or details of the subject, and it is a local and small-scale light. The difference between decorative light and auxiliary light is that it does not aim to improve the brightness of the dark part, but to make up for the lack of main light, auxiliary light, background light and contour light in shaping the image.

6、Scrutinize

In the above light distribution process, since the light is added one by one, the latter light is likely to have an impact on the previous light effect. Therefore, after the light distribution is completed, it is necessary to carefully examine the overall light effect to see if there are obvious deficiencies. or unreasonable places.

 

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