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One way to get the uniform reflections need for vehicle photography is to use the huge light panels seen in high end commercial shoots, but If you are trying to do bike photography on the cheap don't overlook the possibilities of bouncing light and bare bulb flash, or for that matter shooting outdoors on an overcast day
If you start with a relatively small white room (or white draped area) and stick a bare bulb flash in it, the single light will provide a combination of diffuse fill off the walls and a very small source for specular highlights. Add a second source behind and hit will define the shape with rim light.
A few years ago I suggested a similar strategy to a furniture maker trying to do catalog shots with only two lights and shot these quick illustrations with a table I had handy. Furniture is similar, needing a foundation of even reflections which are then selectively nuanced by subtraction with black panels to block the reflections.
Set-up: bare bulb in front (AB800) grided SB in back (AB800):
The result:
After adjustment in Photoshop:
For an inexpensive durable seamless background paint the back side of seamless flooring, hand it from the wall and paint it white. Paint the part on the floor gloss white to get reflections and use a matte white for the part on the wall to reduce reflections there.
Chuck
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