Shooting skills of commercial shoes

How to shoot the goods? Any good suggestions? Let me introduce the shooting skills of commodity shoes for you, hoping to help you!

(1) site layout

In the background, hang a piece of black background paper on the background frame to reduce unnecessary reflection, and then pat it on the table. Originally, I planned to shoot shoes on long wooden boards, but I couldn't help it when I was preparing, so I had to find a suitable prop and found a number of long wooden strips to put together in the studio. So improvisation is one of the skills of photographers.

(2) Light consumption:

The first key light

Polish the shoelaces on the right side of the camera, cooperate with the oversized long soft light cover, and then fine-tune the angle to present the brand badge on the shoes. The photometric output of this lamp is the highest among the three light sources, and the luminous angle is similar to the plane of the shoelace part, so as to avoid the excessive shadow inside and outside the shoelace caused by flashing light.

The second Fill Light (fill light)

The relief pattern near the heel is polished on the left side of the camera, and the illumination direction is horizontal, which is intended to enhance the concave-convex feeling of the relief pattern by using the characteristics of high light. Long soft masks are also used to produce soft light effects and reduce the difference between light and dark levels. However, the photometric output is relatively weaker than the main light, which increases the three-dimensional sense of vision.

The third backlight (backlight)

This kind of light source uses a beam tube commonly known as pig mouth. The lowest output of the three light sources is concentrated in the yellow part of the vamp, and the vamp is hooked out from the black background to facilitate post-production. The use of beam tube can effectively focus the light source on a specific position and create a strong focusing effect, which is a light control weapon for shooting small subjects.

Finally, the finished RAW file is saved to the computer for post-production. This time, the professional photo processing software Capture One is used to calibrate the color temperature, fine-tune the contrast between light and dark, and then remove the black background in Adobe Photoshop and put in a background found on the Internet. Finally, two layers with different light and dark are used to simulate the lithography of the background.

Of course, we can use an extra flash to deal with the above false background, but because of the limited background of the venue, this is the best way. Remember, although the photographer or retoucher has amazing PS technology, the preliminary work is equally important!