I've got a little mainstream side gig that I am building up, and I wanted to be able to take pics that look like they do in catalogs.
I got some advice from quantum-x, and bought my camera. I'm camera stupid, and while it's not an upper class camera, it will suit my needs and then some. It's a Canon PowerShot DS850 IS Digital Elph.
Getting the images right is taken some doing. After several experiments, I decided that I needed a light box to get the look that I wanted.
I found instructions online, and put this together:
And I am pretty happy with it, because it lets me take this type of picture:
Is there anything I should be doing to make those better? Please keep my camera stupidity in mind with any suggestions.
And what can I do to stop relections like you can see in the lid of the Clinique jar? Would it work if I had another piece of posterboard to put behind the camera so that white was reflecting back?