![]() ![]() ![]() When we were done taking all the images we put each set of photos through Photoshop and adjusted the levels a little to take out any majorly visually noticeable seams between the background and the product table. Note: We shot in jpeg to keep file sizes down and reduce the workflow time a little. Essentially this means that it takes 1.05 seconds to move the head 10 degrees.Īfter all your settings are in you’re ready to click ‘start’. After some trial and error, we found that this gave us 10 degrees of movement from the head, which giving us enough time to move between the camera taking the shot. It felt right.ġ050 milliseconds – This figure determines how long the head will spin for before it stops. It’s important in one of the next steps to give the table enough time to move. Going into ‘Shoot, Move, Shoot’ you have a few options:Ģ – this controls the amount of seconds between every shot. We therefore opted to take a shot at every 10 degrees of the product.So, 36 shots for each product… We wanted our final 360 shots to almost look seamless, giving lots of angles at which to be able to view the product from. Navigating over to ’tripod’ in the camranger app gives you full control of the head and allows you to start inputting your ‘Shoot, Move, Shoot’ settings. With all our hardware set up it was time to start the Camranger app and put it through it’s paces. The solution? Bring the table forward! Just bare in mind that the background area you’re lighting will need to increase a bit as the angle of view will be greater. With the product table too close to the background, there was a lot of reflected light spilling onto the products and thus blowing out some of the highlights on the products themselves. We had some issues with the position of the product table in relation to the background. Our final setup for the background included two Arri 800w Redheads, positioned to the left and right of the background. We chose to light the product with a Photoflex Starlight, to which we added a soft box to take the edge off the actual products themselves. We chose to shoot with tungsten balanced lights but you could just as effectively using LED or fluorescent sources. Providing that you’re shooting object of similar sizes, you shouldn’t need to change the lighting too much once it’s set up correctly. Getting a good lighting setup in place is key to a simplifying the whole workflow. ![]() (we just happened to have one lying about(!)), you could just as easily use a table.īehind the product area we mounted a white matte vinyl background. We simply screwed it onto a Manfrotto Super Clamp and attached that to our scaff frame. Mounting the Hague head to our grid was easy. It’s a good idea to try and secure the product surface to the head with a 1/4 inch screw as you may find your platform starts to spin by itself otherwise. To create a surface for the products to be places on, we cut a piece of MDF board, attached a white laminate sheet on top and the fixed it all to the head. Turning the head up-side-down allowed us to see all of this clearly. On the underside of the Hague head is a spirit level and the rotational dial. We chose to rig everything on a grid which meant we could adjust the height of the table and attach lights easily. You’re obviously going to need a camera too! We’ve used our Canon 5DmkIII coupled with the 24-70 lens. We used an iPad 3 with the camranger app but we tested a Nexus 7 but preferred the size of the iPad – the buttons felt easier to press accurately and the layout generally looked a little bit neater. By adding Camranger’s new PT Hub we were able to take control of the MP-360Head directly within the Camranger app on our tablet and control the movement on the head.Īs well as being able to control the MP-360 head’s movement from within the Camranger app, you can also set it up for interval shooting, or ‘Shoot, Move, Shoot’. We started off with the trusty Camranger which we already love for it’s wireless viewing and remote capturing capabilities. With our new website just around the corner, we though it would be a good time to try something a little different with our product images. ![]()
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