essential tip for studio cosmetic shoot.

On 28th, January, 2018, I had a cosmetic shoot for the class assignment.
And this is the photo which I come up with from 2 hours shooting.

ISO100, SS 1/125, F4.5, Nikon D5300, 85mm

What do you think?
Today I wan to introduce 2 equipments which you must have for cosmetic shoots, and at the end I want to review my shoots.

First equipment I want to introduce is Lightmeter.

For the cosmetic shoot, Lighting is hugely important.
Company wants photographers to get most beautiful pictures and it has to represent the product it self.
And you will be wonder how do you get the right exposure?
Lightmeter can solve the problem.
Lightmeter is an instrument for measuring the intensity of light, used chiefly to show the correct exposure when taking a photograph.
SO before you start shooting, just get the right exposure first!
Here is the good Youtube video which shows you how to use it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHNQAIHWAkg

The second equipment is Colour Checker.

This one also really really important for cosmetic shoot.

Why?

Because company only wants the picture which has exact same colour with actual product. Otherwise consumer will complain about it, and before that company can't sell it.

So this is the equipment to get the right colour.

Before you start shooting, check the exposure with lightmeter, then put the colour check besides the subject, and take a shot.

So by doing this, you don't need to worry about exposure and colour.

How long does it take?

1 minutes!

So just do it please.

This is the diagram for this shoot.

My review

Before finish this blog, I want to leave my comment from the shoot. If I have cosmetic shoot gain, I will not shoot with F4.5.

I just followed the exposure which Lightmeter said, but F4.5 is not enough to get the sharpness entire product. It's good to stand out the subject by having a lot of BOKE, but for this kind of shoot, I need more sharpness.

So probably I will use F8 or F11 instead of F4.5 or F5.6, and set the main light power 2 to 3 tops higher.

And one more thing that I will do is, put the kicker light on the right side which I put just besides the left side of camera at the shooting, and get the light on the company's logo. Or move the main light a little bit left, and get the light on company logo.

Thank you for reading!

I will keep posting photography article every Wednesday!

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