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Photograph Glasses Without Reflections

Luke Edwin shows how to photograph glassware without the light sources and room appearing in the surface.

Luke Edwin · 6 min · Beginner · LGT · Lighting · 2020

What you take away

Flag your camera and yourself out of the glass before adjusting any light.

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Kit for this lesson

Aputure Light Dome Mini III — The Dome for small rooms and small fixtures
Aputure Light Dome III — The softbox most Bowens fixtures wear
Aputure Lantern 90 — Soft from every direction — ambience in one piece
DoPchoice Snapbag Octa — Opens like an umbrella — the rental standard softbox
Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG DN Art — The reportage prime
Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D — Ultra wide with no barrel distortion

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