Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To get a good idea how chrome surfaces are shot take a look at a store flyer showing silverware or chrome housewares. If you look closely you can see all the bounce cards, sometimes even a lens hole reflected on the surface. To approximate this buy a couple of sheets of foam core and build yourself a white box. You might be able to leave the back open to bounce the light up and in or cut a hole for one flash unit and another for your lens. You've just created yourself a nice evenly lit "cloudy day". Buy some DAP Fun.Tak to help prop objects if you need to. Without modeling lights you are going to have a hard time previsualizing the effect so you might want to do some testing first. But it sounds like you have already been doing that. Bill Franson