site feedback
Shooting with Wireless Flash: Product Shots

Shooting with Wireless Flash: Product Shots

with Jim Sugar



In the Shooting with Wireless Flash series, award-winning photographer Jim Sugar demonstrates his approach to using off-camera flash in a variety of lighting scenarios, sharing practical tips along the way.

In this installment, Jim sets up and shoots a product shot. He demonstrates a variety of inexpensive lighting tools—clamps, gels, and other light modifiers—to light a product (in this course, a bicycle) in a way that accurately shows its color and other details. Next, he photographs the product using Adobe Lightroom's tethered shooting mode in order to be able to immediately assess his exposures on the computer screen. The course wraps up with a some tips that apply to product shots of all kinds. With its focus on lighting technique rather than specific strobe models and menu commands, these techniques are applicable to any brand of strobe and camera.
Topics include:
  • Topics include:
  • Preparing for a shoot
  • Positioning the product and wireless strobes
  • Using light modifiers, clamps, and other lighting accessories
  • Shooting in tethered mode
  • Assessing the results
  • Tips to remember for product shots

show more

author
Jim Sugar
subject
Photography, Cameras + Gear, Lighting
level
Intermediate
duration
39m 34s
released
Jul 29, 2011

Start learning today. Lynda explains how.

Ready to join?

Learn Adobe CS6
Please wait...
subscribe learn more

Get immediate access to the entire library!


Suggested courses to watch next:

Photo Assignment: Off-Camera Flash (49m 48s)
Derrick Story

Are you sure you want to delete this bookmark?

cancel

Bookmark this Tutorial

Name

Description

{0} characters left

Tags

Separate tags with a space. Use quotes around multi-word tags. Suggested Tags:
loading
cancel

bookmark this course

Name

Description

{0} characters left

Tags

Separate tags with a space. Use quotes around multi-word tags. Suggested Tags:
loading

Your queue is full.

Make room for this course by removing some things already in your queue.

go to queue

You must be a lynda.com member to watch this video.

Every course in the lynda.com Online Training Library® contains free movies that let you assess the quality of our tutorials before you subscribe—just click on the blue links to watch them. Become a member to access all 77,421 instructional videos.


If you are already an active lynda.com member, please log in to access the Online Training Library®.

Get access to all lynda.com tutorials

You are currently signed into your admin account, which doesn't let you view lynda.com tutorials. For full access to the Online Training Library®, log in through iplogin.lynda.com, or sign in through your organization's portal. You may also request a user account by calling (888) 335-9632 or emailing us at sales@lynda.com.

Get access to all lynda.com tutorials

You are currently signed into your admin account, which doesn't let you view lynda.com tutorials. For full access to the Online Training Library®, log in through iplogin.lynda.com, or sign in through your organization's portal. You may also request a user account by calling (888) 335-9632 or emailing us at sales@lynda.com.

Access to lynda.com tutorials

Your organization has a limited access membership to the lynda.com Online Training Library® that allows access to only a specific, limited selection of courses.