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Re: Lighting advice


The Godox light tents are great for most product shots. I've had great results using mine. However, knives are like jewelry from a lighting perspective. Flat, perfectly reflective surfaces. In this case, the even and uniform lighting of a tent is your enemy. Contrast is your friend. You need to get your lights at a more obtuse angle to the primary metal surfaces of the knives. Try moving the light bars down lower so you are not lighting from overhead. It takes some imaginative calve routing, but you can put the LED light bars on the vertical box frames rather than the horizontals. Or you can put the horizontal light supports down low in the box so your light is raking across the objects rather than hitting them from above.

Also, remember that those knives are acting like mirrors. They are just reflecting the highly reflective silver or white surfaces in the box. So be careful what you put opposite those metal mirrors. Making "flags" from any flat black materials can help control reflections. Find some black mat boards or DIY with some cardboard and matte black paint.



Jan 23, 2023 at 02:06 PM





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