How does commercial photography capture the texture of black shoes? Do you usually shoot with strong light on a white background? Have a sense of texture, and the shadows should look good. Anyway, you

How does commercial photography capture the texture of black shoes? Do you usually shoot with strong light on a white background? Have a sense of texture, and the shadows should look good. Anyway, you have to have a three-dimensional sense. My friend, this question you asked is really powerful. General commercial photography will also list footwear as a special shooting project.

Shoes are classified in commercial photography, that is, plastic, cloth and leather (smooth and reverse leather), ok! Let's start with the hardest part.

-Black leather shoes, smooth, which is the most difficult one in commercial photography. -

I don't know your current lighting configuration. This is the equipment for daily shooting. In fact, the current light boxes, lamps and brackets are not expensive. If you are committed to commercial photography, you should have similar equipment.

- ? Background-

You can't shoot black shoes with the white background you want, because the light on the white background will reflect light and make the black leather coat appear uncontrollable white spots (especially along the edge of the shoes). Therefore, it is recommended to use a medium gray background, and black shoes generally need to be exposed. In this way, the gray background will become close to white or the gray will gradually turn white, which can also set off a little high-end taste. If it is faded, it is easy to distinguish the operation.

-Light-

This is very important. You should be an expert, and the questions asked here are also very professional.

Light is basically the light and shadow provided by the flexible box. It is basically not recommended to use hard glare, because this kind of light will cause non-high contrast, leading to the loss of levels and even levels of detail, unless you are taking creative pictures for local expression.

The important part of shoes, especially men's shoes, is the position of the toe and heel. Generally, the placement of shoes is a standard description lens with an angle of 45 with shoes, so a suspender is needed to place a light box with a length of about1.2m as the top of slight backlight. The tilt angle of the light box depends on the incident angle and reflection angle of your plane. You can determine the reflection (highlight level) in the frame, usually in shoes. If it has an edge, it will be a little sideways. Use a long light box to ensure its continuous reflection. You should also prepare a black cloth and clip to block the extra light that affects the highlight of the shoes with black cloth in front of the light box. This is the first light. The second light is the side backlight position of the heel. This light box doesn't need to be too big, generally 50~80cm (two soft boxes of the same length are needed when looking down), and you can also cover the extra light with black cloth.

-Photometry, exposure-

Generally, the incident light metering method is selected, the exposure meter is placed in the middle of the product, and the white ball points to the lens position. One, two lamps distinguish readings, the main light side is auxiliary light, basically the two readings are the same, or the main light is 0.5 more than the auxiliary light. It is also possible, depending on the timbre you need. The last two lights are turned on at the same time to measure the total brightness. Camera settings are basically set according to the total brightness. Preview to see the highlights.

Watch the shading. Don't bring light into the lens. There is usually only one good seat. Spend some time making a shading device yourself, which will improve your work efficiency a lot.

The lens should use a focal length of 60- 100mm as far as possible, because the perspective and deformation within this range can be naturally controlled, and the aperture is of course the best f8- 1 1, which can ensure good depth of field and delicate image quality. If it is a high-power flash, it is easy to achieve such an exposure combination.

A stable tripod can ensure your quality, especially your careful composition, and you can observe its changes when lighting.

The above is the basic principle. There is no hard formula for shooting here, only a general direction. The angle, intensity and light ratio of this light should be determined according to the specific customer requirements and materials. If it is too bright, there is no way to deal with it. (It is best not to dim the light, because the matte agent will destroy the texture effect of the product. ) Don't trust waxing and shoe polish. This will only make your lighting more troublesome (and customers will be dissatisfied with you). The shoes made in the factory are already very good. Choose the one with smooth and uniform cortex (generally let them choose first, and it is best to prepare one or two more pairs) as the shooting object.

Also, many shoes have metal logo, which are difficult to handle. If you pursue one-time molding, you need more patience to adjust the light, or add a local reflector (small mirror) as local dimming, and you can take another close-up later and then come up.

Attach the standard drawing of the product (searched online) to see if there is any reference.