Studio Photography 101: How to create a gradient reflection with large softbox

Posted on July 6, 2014 by ShutterBug

Studio Photography 101: How to create a gradient reflection with large softbox

One of the most common mistake I see on many product shots: Softboxes used without a diffusers, highlighting glossy surfaces directly, or used behind diffuse…
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20 Responses to Studio Photography 101: How to create a gradient reflection with large softbox

  1. Blog Oklahoma says:
    July 6, 2014 at 4:55 am

    *Studio Photography 101: How to create a gradient reflection with large
    softbox*
    *… One of the most common mistakes I see on many product shots: Softboxes
    used without a diffusers, highlighting glossy surfaces directly, or used
    behind diffusers but failed to create gradients due to various reasons. In
    this short video I demonstrate how to overcome these issues and use a
    large softboxes to create cool looking gradient reflections with a sharp
    cut-off of the light. …*
    Photigy.com

    More: http://www.photigy.com/how-create-gradient-reflection-large-softbox/

    #photography #howto 

  2. David Thompson says:
    July 6, 2014 at 5:07 am

    I agree with Mike Keller the 3 view aspect is very intuitive.
    Great procedure, to your tutorial, thank you.

  3. Holger Gräbner says:
    July 6, 2014 at 5:56 am

    great tut, great tips

  4. Mike Keller says:
    July 6, 2014 at 6:11 am

    Nice tutorial. I like how you gave us three views at once and I could see
    the photos come up onscreen, that’s a big help.

  5. Robert LC - Digital Artist says:
    July 6, 2014 at 6:29 am

    I will never forget the gradient in my life!
    Subbed :)

  6. BADR AL BADR says:
    July 6, 2014 at 7:06 am

    Thank you very much

  7. DarkFoxMedia says:
    July 6, 2014 at 7:35 am

    Excellent! I’ve been struggling with this for a long time. Thank you!

  8. BubuSnow93 says:
    July 6, 2014 at 8:03 am

    If you need a small, extremely versatile and controllable light source for
    domestic product shots you can use a computer monitor! It’s perfectly flat
    and the light is evenly distributed, you can even design your own patters
    and gradients as simpe JPEGs in photoshop and use em for creative effects!

  9. Δημήτρης Δικμάνης says:
    July 6, 2014 at 8:40 am

    Thank you very much for our videos, Alex

  10. Samtagri says:
    July 6, 2014 at 9:05 am

    I like how you show all the steps even when things go wrong and how to
    correct them. Some tutorials edit out the wrong steps and just show you 1,
    2, 3… Perfect photo. Then you try to do it and you just get something
    wrong and no idea how to fix it. Thanks!!

  11. nixland says:
    July 6, 2014 at 9:09 am

    superb tutorial. Thanks a lot

  12. Jim Cunningham says:
    July 6, 2014 at 9:57 am

    Get to the choppaaaaa!

    :-)))))

  13. Zarif Rafiul Haque Iraz says:
    July 6, 2014 at 10:42 am

    Love it boss! 🙂
    hey boss. one question.
    it would be funny to say. can i just select that specific place and use
    gradient mask in PS? :P

  14. Recieri David says:
    July 6, 2014 at 10:47 am

    Thanks man! Really good tips! 

  15. Jason Dai says:
    July 6, 2014 at 11:14 am

    Impressive!! Thank you Alex. Great tutorial!

  16. John Sullivan says:
    July 6, 2014 at 11:49 am

    Great tutorial (as always). Many thanks for sharing your knowledge and
    expertise.

  17. sam1741 says:
    July 6, 2014 at 11:50 am

    thanks Alex for another great tutorial
    been watching your products photo tutorial and I have learn a lot

  18. Guilherme Assunção says:
    July 6, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    Great tips. Thanks

  19. hk9318 says:
    July 6, 2014 at 1:19 pm

    Thanks once again for sharing

  20. UltimaGaina says:
    July 6, 2014 at 1:31 pm

    I’m among the ones that didn’t know about that angle between the softbox
    and the diffuser. And I had to spend too much time in PS trying to fix that
    poor gradient.

    Thanks for the free tip!

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