fastshutter Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Hey guys,Here is a link to some rug photography I'm curious about the lighting on. Is this window/ ambient lighting orstrobe? Any Ideas on how this lighting setup was done. I’m guessing most of the photos are window light but I maybe wrong. Thanks for any help. Kenny http://www.horchow.com/store/catalog/templates/P8.jhtml?itemId=cat8520731&parentId=cat6790734&masterId=cat1590731&cmCat= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry edwards Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 It looks like window light to me. I take it you want to know what it is so you can avoid that type of lighting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 It's pretty simple really. It appears to have light from behind (either a window or large panel that looks like one). It also appears to be lit from above with a highly diffused source, like a panel or light box. It's pretty flat lighting and while it looks okay, I don't know that it's doing any favors for showing off the rugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frolickingbits Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Flat, boring window light, most likely. Definitely not the most inspiring rug photography I've seen-their use of window light in the other sections of the site is much better. If I were shooting rugs on a floor, I would set up general lighting with one or two large umbrellas, then add a nice splash of light from either a window or a large softbox with a mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastshutter Posted October 17, 2008 Author Share Posted October 17, 2008 The art guy at a rug company thinks its the cats meow and wants us to mimic it for some rug shots we are doing for him. I'm just trying to get an idea how it was done. I thought it is probably window and maybe an over head fill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry edwards Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 You can easily mimic it with a softbox in the window position and on overhead softbox for fill. Or you could get much the same effect by using actual window light (not direct sunlight) by using the aperture to control the flash exposure and the shutter speed to control the natural light exposure. You want to hang on to that client - you won't find many as totally lacking in knowledge of good lighting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twmeyer Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 It's high budget stuff, shot in a huge studio/warehouse with an artificial "window" in a room that has no ceiling and only two or three walls. A huge light bank that provides fill is suspended from an overhead grid above where the ceiling would be in a normal room. There are thirty four rugs on that page, with about 20 different flooring surfaces that can be chosen from a warehouse full of flooring... <p>It was probably done at one of the huge furniture photography studios in Highpoint, North Carolina... t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_osullivan Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I"m thinking in house GWC shot these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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