Re: Have product photography (clothes/merchandise) lighting questions
tobycat wrote: ...Do you think those softboxes are big enough to diffuse light for sweatshirts, tshirts, pants, etc?
For shooting fabrics having too soft a light isn\'t a good idea bacause it won\'t reveal texture.
One advantage of the SpiderLites (and similar cool lights) is that they\'re always on, so you can see the effect of the light placement and modifiers as you\'re setting up. With a solid tripod you can make up for the lower light intensity relative to flash by using long shutter speeds.
On the other hand, monolight strobes that have built-in modeling lights can do the same thing plus having the advantage of short flash durations for really crisp, short shutter speed captures.
You can get good yet affordable monolights that may fit the school\'s budget, and that actually cost less than the SpiderLites.
For product photography, accurate color representation is essential, so be sure to read up on color management and other related topics. You\'ll probably want to get a color control target such as one of these:
