Porcelain

[Mylene B]

Hello,

How would I shoot porcelain, white, colored and very reflective.
What the best set up for doing this? I attached some pictures of the items as an example.
Thanks for the answer
Mylene

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[Andrei Raileanu]

Hi Mylene,

This is a difficult product to shoot. Also depends very much on the kind of look you are going for (also white background, creative background, etc.)

My personal approach with this would be the following:

1. Have two lights (strip boxes) left and right in front of the product. Place diffusers in front of the strip boxes (as explained in bottle shooting workshops) and create the sharp cut off lines as well as gradients on the surface of the pot.

2. Your next problem is the fact that the camera will be visible in the front of the product. I would tackle this by combining the following methods (cannot recommend only one without testing first):
2.1. You want a longer focal lense in order to have more distance between the product and camera (this will make the reflection smaller)
2.2. You might create a half-cylinder from some reflective material, place it in front of the pot and just make a hole for the lense to enter. This will also increase the light on the front of the object.
2.3. Solve remaining problems in post.

Hope this helps!

[Andrei Raileanu]

Hi Mylene,

This is a difficult product to shoot. Also depends very much on the kind of look you are going for (also white background, creative background, etc.)

My personal approach with this would be the following:

1. Have two lights (strip boxes) left and right in front of the product. Place diffusers in front of the strip boxes (as explained in bottle shooting workshops) and create the sharp cut off lines as well as gradients on the surface of the pot.

2. Your next problem is the fact that the camera will be visible in the front of the product. I would tackle this by combining the following methods (cannot recommend only one without testing first):
2.1. You want a longer focal lense in order to have more distance between the product and camera (this will make the reflection smaller)
2.2. You might create a half-cylinder from some reflective material, place it in front of the pot and just make a hole for the lense to enter. This will also increase the light on the front of the object.
2.3. Solve remaining problems in post.

Hope this helps!

[Mylene B]

Thanks, I will give it a try. I am thinking of a creative background with some gradients.