Lighting small objects for table top photography can be tricky.
A simple rule of thumb to approximate the distance a light needs to be from the subject to act as a point light, give hard shadows, and create specular reflections in shiny objects.
How to make a coloured background gradient in photography
Using depth of field to separate the focus from the subject and background.
The effect of Lens aperture on subject background separation.
How to avoid soft images with very wide apertures.
Studio lighting techniques.
Flash Lighting
Tethered photography with CaptureOne Software
Canon 85mm f1.2 Lens.
Profoto D2 Studio flash.
