I'm looking for suggestions on shooting fishing lures. I would like to get a softbox or some tell me to also get a light box to shoot the lures with. I'm also looking for lighting suggestions. I see a lot of kits on the market although I'm not sure what to purchase.
Thanks
Darren
You might start by telling us what equipment you already have? Do you have an off camera flash, studio strobe, etc? If you have nothing you could even start with a simple light tent like a Lastolite Cubelite and shoot out door in the sun or using a single hot light. Or the sun with a diffusing reflector. There are all kinds of possibilities depending on how elaborate you want to go and how much money you wnnat to spend.
Darren J wrote:
OK thanks what did you use for lights?
For shooting small objects like lures, I would suggest continuous lights rather than flash. (You could also get higher-end strobes that also have modeling lights, and can be used for other things as well.) It will be a lot easier to set the lighting ratios, avoid unwanted reflections, etc. if you have what-you-see-is-what-you'll-get lighting, and when you're shooting close up like this would be, the low output (compared to flash) of inexpensive "hot lights" isn't an issue.
As said above, what do you have now, and what's your preferred budget for additional gear?
For $130 including the light stands I think it's a good value.
You can use tungsten or flourescent lights with this. Although 250 watts isn't very bright compared to flash units (which are measured in watt-seconds, not watts), for products and still lifes it can be pretty good. You can even do some portrait work with it with practice. I'd use flourescent cool lights, myself, rather than tungsten.
You can use the umbrellas, remove the umbrellas and use just the reflectors, or remove the refelctors and use other (optional) modifiers like soft boxes.
