How to Photograph a Glass

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how to Photograph glass can be a mystery to some, in this lesson you will find out the basic lighting requirement for this type of photography.  As a bonus It shows how to do it with lights that you have around your home, using exactly the same technique as a professional still life photographer with expensive studio equipment.

The key to this is the introduction of digital cameras and the possibility to change the white balance for every type of light, meaning that any type of light source may be used.

Photographing a glass relies mainly on a backlight that will show the form of the glass, by adding reflectors from both sides the light can be changed as wished, these reflectors can be of any color even black as they will cause lines down the glass of the same color.

All extra light must be cut from entering the lens as this may cause flare.

How to photograph a glass on a black background, well it's exactly the same except that you must add a small black background behind the glass, leaving just enough black to extend beyond the glass in all directions.

This is the standard and most common technique that explains how to photograph a glass.

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