Product photography has always interested me, so I put together a lighting setup to do a test shoot the other day. The setup consisted of a glass pane for the products to sit on and two lights: one directly below and the other above on a slight angle.
The light burned out the colors more than I was expecting or wanting, so the color photos and photos of solid objects weren't really what I wanted. The black and white photos of translucent objects, however, produced some nice textures, and I think is worth exploring more. I'm not sure what products this would be useful for, but I especially liked the leaf photograph and would like to do some more shots of different leaves.
As I went to name the photo to save it, I originally thought of calling it "Leaf Lemon Chip," but then thought it would make for a good fake name if I combined the Lemonchip, hence the name of the post (I didn't just misspell).
Leaf
ISO 100, 200mm, f/8.0, 1/640 s
The leaf was my favorite of the bunch. Detail is pretty good.
Lemon
ISO 100, 200mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 s
I could not get the detail I wanted in the lemon, and I am not entirely sure why. It might be there was just too much light burning through. It should have been pretty sharp with the aperture and shutter settings.
Chip
ISO 100, 200mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 s
The chip made for a pretty cool texture. I can see possibly using this for some other purpose, like a photoshop texture or adding some texture to a background.
