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Studio, lighting & shot suggestions
Hey guys,
wondering if someone may have some suggestions as to how I can best replicate a shot in terms of studio lighting setup & camera settings. I'm basically trying to replicate the same shot as seen in the attached picture. The picture is taken from a website where you can change the colour of the tshirt online. With that said, I'm unsure what colour they originally shot - white? black? a colour? Is there anything we can say about the shots which may indicate the original colour of the tshirt that they shot to achieve the desired level of fabric detail?
example.jpg
As you may see, the light source is quite harsh which shows great detail of the fabric texture - this I guess was the main goal of their setup and is what I'm also trying to achieve. Would anyone have any experience of shooting something like this or have any general advice how this detail is best achieved?
Any thoughts welcomed!
Thank you, :clap
Marvin.
wondering if someone may have some suggestions as to how I can best replicate a shot in terms of studio lighting setup & camera settings. I'm basically trying to replicate the same shot as seen in the attached picture. The picture is taken from a website where you can change the colour of the tshirt online. With that said, I'm unsure what colour they originally shot - white? black? a colour? Is there anything we can say about the shots which may indicate the original colour of the tshirt that they shot to achieve the desired level of fabric detail?
example.jpg
As you may see, the light source is quite harsh which shows great detail of the fabric texture - this I guess was the main goal of their setup and is what I'm also trying to achieve. Would anyone have any experience of shooting something like this or have any general advice how this detail is best achieved?
Any thoughts welcomed!
Thank you, :clap
Marvin.
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One bare small light 90 degrees to the left of the camera (basically on subjects focal plane or slightly behind it) leveled with the subject, probably 4..6 ft away (judging by the falloff from left-to right).
Since the subject is fully static, any light source can be used, including small incandescent or tungsten domestic lights (just make sure your camera is on the tripod).
The bg is purely artificial and done in post.
HTH
I see, that sounds easy enough! Thanks. Just a few other things. Does the light source use an umbrella or some other light softening equipment? Are there really no lights coming from above the subject in conjunction with the side lighting?
I have a collection of all the colours at this link http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8871/examplec.jpg. It may be difficult, but would you be able to hazard a guess as to which was the original tshirt they used (or closest match) as they have done post-processing on all the others. I'm not so sure what's the 'best' colour to shoot it with as I will be colouring them in later as they have done. The point is I want to bring out the texture in the shot so the detail can be seen later. Failing that, perhaps you could share some general suggestions on suitable colours/tones for the job?
Marv.
As you mentioned yourself, the light is very harsh, which usually means small light source size (hence my saying "one bare light"). However, it's also possible that a very narrow strip light (or simply a long daylight tube) is used.
As to the color... I can change this very image in PS from being what it is to ANY color, and "neither you not anybody else from this planet" (BTTF, part I) will ever be able to tell which one is "real" and which is not:-)
Abby would know.............
Sam
Can I ask, did you manage to change the black shirt to white? I think the colours are quite easily manipulated in photoshop, but large differences between the original (whichever one you choose - black for example) and the desired colour are difficult. I had some troubles turning the black to white. Can you explain what method you used please?
M.
You can use the eyedropper tool and pick a color from your color chart and drop it onto the tshirt.
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Hey Nikolai. Thanks for your advice. Would you have any examples or tutorials where they have turned white to black or visa versa? While I'v seen a lot of colour manipulations I haven't seen much about blacks & whites.
Since my last post I have made 1 big soft box which uses 5 25W CFLs. Hopefully that should help things! Just need an athletic mannequin and we'r good to go!