Eyvind Ness wrote:
Great shots Love how you bring out the texture in no. 1. How is your lighting set-up?
Thanks very much.
My set up is as follows: a black sheet for the surface. I shot with an alien bee light through a softbox on the right and hand-held a reflector in the left (sometimes holding it very close to eliminate all shadows and other times not using it at all if going for a more "high-contrast" look). I tried lots of different amounts of reflected fill-in light and then tried to choose the one or two I felt were best.
The AB with softbox is really much bigger than what I need for macro stuff, but it is what I have. (I've played around with some portrait stuff before too). I set it next to my table at about 45-degree angle off to the right side. It takes a bit of space in my garage when I set it up and I shot a bunch for a couple of nights before packing it all away.
Love how you bring out the texture in no. 1. How is your lighting set-up?