Taking pictures of clear glass objects such as cups, margarita glasses, mugs, and so forth.

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Q. Taking pictures of clear glass objects such as cups, margarita glasses, mugs, and so forth.

Asked by Scott Danner (K=54) on 8/28/2005

I recently got a job working with this guy who sells alot of stuff on ebay. I take the pictures and he sells and ships the stuff. He just got a whole trailer of stuff to sale and I've been do great until I ran into several boxes of glassware. I just can't seem to get good pictures of glass. Any tips will be appreciated.

Thanks

Scott

Ray Heath (K=4559) - Comment Date 8/29/2005

hi Scott, one effective means is to back light and place black 'reflectors' either side

N.R. Miller

(K=946) - Comment Date 8/30/2005

Hey Scott,
Glass is hard to shoot. I recommend using as much diffusion as possible, either a softbox or umbrella, and bouncing the light onto the subject and shooting the subject on a black velvet backdrop. White foam core works well to bounce light. Are you shooting with strobes or hot lights?
Hope that helps,
Nicole

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