How many lights does it take to shoot a box?

In our last post we showed a product photo from our portfolio and now we describe how we lit this rather plain product to make it pop.

Click on the photo to enlarge it some. We used 5 lights to light the "Product" in the center of the photo. Light "E" is a white light in a bank lighting the front of the box. Light "C" with a yellow gel, puts a yellow glow on the box at the top right of the photo in the previous post. "A" and "B" are just things that block the light of "C" to create a shadow on the box. The remaining lights add more directed glows around the product.

Any questions?

Check out our portfolio of product photos, shot in our Boston studio.