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When it comes to shooting professional-looking product shots, it is imperative to use good lighting tools. The softbox is arguably the most important of these tools. A well-designed softbox will provide you with even, diffused light that will render your subject beautifully and naturally.
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Topics Covered:
- Using strobes, soft boxes, and reflectors
Equipment Used:
Lighting Equipment
- Photoflex HalfDome2
- Photoflex LiteDome
- Photoflex LitePanel
- Photoflex LitePanel Accessories
- Photoflex Litestand 2212
- Photoflex Litestand 2322
- Photoflex Strobe Connector
 Figure 1 |
For our first setup, we placed a Photoflex Medium LiteDome on a strobe head using both the inner baffle and the front diffusion.
We then attached the strobe and LiteDome onto a Photoflex 2218 LiteStand and placed the lighting setup behind our set. |
 Figure 2 |
Here we see the soft, broad reflections produced by the Medium LiteDome on the shoes. |
 Figure 3 |
In this setup, we added a 39"x39" Photoflex LitePanel to the left side of our set to act as a fill. The LitePanel is set up with a silver LitePanel fabric and attached to a Photoflex 2218 LiteStand using a Photoflex Main & T Clamp. |
 Figure 4 |
Here we see the results of the LitePanel, adding a clean, bright reflective fill to the shadows of the shoes. |
 Figure 5 |
In this shot, we have added a Photoflex Small HalfDome2 put together with the inner baffle and front diffusion installed. We then set the HalfDome and strobe on a Photoflex 2214 LiteStand. We then replaced the LitePanel with the HalfDome and strobe lighting setup. |
 Figure 6 |
Here we see the results, the addition of the HalfDome adds a soft broad highlight along the side of both shoes and helps to separate them from each other. |
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This is our final results shot. |
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Equipment Used:
Lighting Equipment
- Photoflex HalfDome2
- Photoflex LiteDome
- Photoflex LitePanel
- Photoflex LitePanel Accessories
- Photoflex Litestand 2212
- Photoflex Litestand 2322
- Photoflex Strobe Connector
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