Shoes Were Made For Walking
Aug 17, 2019 10:34:48 #
Got a new pair of shoes and wanted to see what I could do with them. Tried different lighting and ended up with this one that I thought was the best. Critiques welcome.
Aug 17, 2019 10:48:45 #
Jim-Pops wrote:
Got a new pair of shoes and wanted to see what I could do with them. Tried different lighting and ended up with this one that I thought was the best. Critiques welcome.
Interesting product shot.
Aug 17, 2019 12:11:55 #
Aug 18, 2019 05:30:24 #
Lets hope you feel you are walking on air when you wear them... Interesting idea.. 
Aug 18, 2019 06:12:53 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Interesting product shot.
Interesting is what I was shooting for not an everyday photo. Thank you.
Aug 18, 2019 06:22:29 #
nanaval wrote:
Lets hope you feel you are walking on air when you wear them... Interesting idea..
Thank you. I could have just used a softbox but that wouldn't have anyone thinking, How is this done? My goal was for the shot to be different enough for people to stop giving it a moment to try and figure out how it might have been set up and shot.
Aug 18, 2019 07:01:44 #
Jim-Pops wrote:
Thank you. I could have just used a softbox but that wouldn't have anyone thinking, How is this done? My goal was for the shot to be different enough for people to stop giving it a moment to try and figure out how it might have been set up and shot.
My guess is that you shot the shoes and cut them out, used the round gradient tool for the background and arranged the shoes on a layer..
Aug 18, 2019 07:11:22 #
Good ad photo... with the music takeoff of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Were Made for Walkin..." Sang with "Shoes" instead of Boots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww
Aug 18, 2019 08:46:48 #
Aug 18, 2019 09:41:20 #
nanaval wrote:
My guess is that you shot the shoes and cut them out, used the round gradient tool for the background and arranged the shoes on a layer..
Yes and No. The shoes were shot together just as is. I stuck them on a pole and tied them in better positions with fishing line. I had a black background about 3 Ft. behind the shoes. I then shot 7 different shots with a flash, a snoot attached, to spot light different areas. I brought them all in Photoshop in stacked layers. I put a black mask on all the layers then opened just the areas I wanted for each layer's contributing highlighted area. I originally was going with a solid black background but found it boring. I then as you say cut them out for a background. I started with a Photoshop mechanical white spot over black with blurred edges but it wasn't smooth enough, kind of a circular moiré. So I moved on to shoot a white 4x4 scrim defuser with a white light behind, shot in the dark. This worked good, soft and smooth spot, and brought this picture in for a background.
Aug 18, 2019 11:38:20 #
Aug 18, 2019 12:18:17 #
Aug 20, 2019 11:37:15 #
Great engineering. Very effective. I can just see your work in the magazines!!
Sep 20, 2019 15:39:55 #
I like this. The positioning of the shoes is very effective, as is the light. It might be fun to add a little blur to the background. I would try different types of blur just for fun. Very creative.
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