Glass photography

[clawless]

December 11, 2006 at 4:01 pm

Taking some photos of glass products for a friends business & just to practise & help him out really. (free of course)
Have my new studio light tent/cube & 2 lights & backdrops etc, have the canon 30d & macro lens f/2.8 100.
Tried out a few shots last night but most shots seem to be very white I think this is due to the flash

Sorry if this is a simple query, any advice?

[Not Pete the bloke]

December 11, 2006 at 4:21 pm

Can you post some examples so that we can see the problem?

[PeteTheBloke]

December 11, 2006 at 5:12 pm

I needed photos of glass for a client’s website and the photographer had similar problems. I’m not sure what the answer is. Would a polarising filter help a bit?

[SteveD]

December 11, 2006 at 5:16 pm

When you say very white do you mean overexposed?

[clawless]

December 12, 2006 at 2:40 pm

Taking some more tonight/twomorrow & will post some them.
First time doing product photos so I am probably doing it all wrong!

Not sure if its overexposed or the flash is causing the problem

Thanks for the help.

[mervifwdc]

December 12, 2006 at 3:23 pm

If the flash is pointing directly at the glass, then it’s very likely that’s going to be a large part of it.

Merv.