Watch Photography

[Valjean]

Got a light tent today and tried my hand at product photography. Here's a Seiko Samurai, lit using flourescent room lights and 1 off-camera SB600 flashlight. C&C, please.

Other watch photos in my Flickr.

 

[nexyo]

COOL!

 

[raydio]

Love the photo! Lighting is very good and the photo is tack sharp!

Only thing that I can see which might improve the photo is the angle of the watch. If it was angled a little more towards the front, it would have been (in my opinion) a perfect photo. Nonetheless, a quality shot worthy of a Watch Magazine ! Congratulations.

 

[Valjean]

COOL!

Thanks for viewing!

Love the photo! Lighting is very good and the photo is tack sharp!

Only thing that I can see which might improve the photo is the angle of the watch. If it was angled a little more towards the front, it would have been (in my opinion) a perfect photo. Nonetheless, a quality shot worthy of a Watch Magazine ! Congratulations.

Thanks for the encouraging words. I need to get/make a watch holder of sort to pose it. For this shot, I had to pose the watch on the flat surface of the light tent and get the best possible angle out of it.

 

[princej]

Thanks for viewing!
Thanks for the encouraging words. I need to get/make a watch holder of sort to pose it. For this shot, I had to pose the watch on the flat surface of the light tent and get the best possible angle out of it.

I have tried watch photography for fun before but yours is far better :thumbsup:

As for the watch holder or stand, sometime when you buy it comes with those translucent plastic holder or for display, perhaps you could use that?

Just my 2 cts.

 

[goenawan]

beautiful always love product photography

 

[Valjean]

I have tried watch photography for fun before but yours is far better :thumbsup:

As for the watch holder or stand, sometime when you buy it comes with those translucent plastic holder or for display, perhaps you could use that?

Just my 2 cts.

Thanks, princej. None of my watches come with that plastic band thing. Probably need a stand too, otherwise the plastic band will just serve to keep the bracelet/strap in shape. Will have to hunt around for it...

beautiful always love product photography

Thanks for viewing!

 

[B-setting]

nice clean background. makes the object stand out. and the lighting is just enough. :thumbsup:

 

[Valjean]

nice clean background. makes the object stand out. and the lighting is just enough. :thumbsup:

Thanks for the comments. I actually underexposed the shot by about 1 stop and had to rescue it in post-processing. Still picking up the ropes in lighting and using my SB600.

 

[aprilmoon92]

love the use of low-key lighting to emph the black watchface

 

[Valjean]

love the use of low-key lighting to emph the black watchface

Thanks for viewing! The face is actually a deep blue.

 

[Valjean]

Here's another watch. The pose is a little awkward without some props to pose it, but anyway here we go: