Lighting Hand made greetings cards

[marts_uk]

Hi,

The wife has asked me to make pictures of her hand made greetings cards, so she can put them on a website and also create a portfolio to show people.

Heres what I have;

Bowens twin 500R kit (2 lights, one umbrella, one softbox etc)
Canon 580 II Flash
Yongnuo 460 II Flash
80cm Light Tent/Cube
80cm 5in1 Reflector
2 x lightstands
1 x white umbrella
A3 Acrylic sheets in Black and White

For the lens, I was thinking of using my 24-70L 2.8 (only others I have are 50 1.8, 70-300, 10-20).

As I'm fairly new to lighting, can anyone offer any advice on the best approach to taking these with the kit I have.

Looking around on google for ideas, nothing really stands out to show off the cards.

thanks
Martin

 

[Garry Edwards]

Forget everything except the 1 flash heads and stand, the softbox and the acrylic sheets.

Stand the card on the acrylic of your choice and place the camera at whichever height (usually very slightly looking down) that shows the best view of the card and gives the right kind of reflection at the same time.

Position 1 flash head with a softbox at an angle so that the light bounces off of the card at an angle that shows any relief that's there, and any gilt that's there, but without producing a reflection back into the lens. Use the 80cm reflector (actually a bit of white card is usually better) to mitigate any shadows if necessary, but it probably won't be needed

 

[marts_uk]

Thanks Garry

I don't have a softbox for the canon or yongnuo flash heads, only the Bowens softbox - so as far as I'm aware I can't use the bowens softbox on the flash's

 

[paul williams]

Hi,
...Heres what I have;

Bowens twin 500R kit (2 lights, one umbrella, one softbox etc)...

Martin

Paul