I can't recall it being much of a problem when shooting jewelry. Maybe
the soft boxes shielded the windows. But, yes, you're absolutely
correct on eyes. I have had to clone some reflections out of eyeballs
on some enlargements. I've also had problems with large, highly glazed
pottery. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/11/2010 4:29 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>
>> I forgot to add that I learned this lesson many years ago while shooting
>> jewelry on table top in a studio using studio flash. The studio had a
>> very large window on the north side that was admitting soft,
>> mid-afternoon daylight. It wasn't even necessary to draw the blinds or
>> turn off the lights. The flash was so powerful and apertures small
>> enough that the competing light sources never showed up at all.
>> YMMV, of course, so testing is in order but there may be no problem.
>>
>
> Not for lighting, but when you look closely at the reflections in the
> jewelry you'll see the window. I have to watch this with eyes. It's amazing
> what junk shows up reflecting in eyeballs.
>
> AG
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