If you don't know how to approach it, glass can difficult to photograph because it is transparent. In order to "see" the glass, we need to exploit either reflections on the surface of the glass, or variations in glass thickness (which may show up as dark lines). These two methods for photographing glass are thus called white-line and black-line methods.
Referring to class demo, create expressive explorations of both dark-line glass and white-line glass approaches. Be selective with glass choices, arrangement and lighting design to create something exciting. We will also use a reflective table surface, created with a piece of Plexiglass on top of black velvet. For this exercise, stick to relatively transparent glass objects only, such as glasses, vases. Color glass is okay, provided that it is not so dark that you can't see through it. Try several examples of each, with different arrangements, as you like!
Referring to class demo, create expressive explorations of both dark-line glass and white-line glass approaches. Be selective with glass choices, arrangement and lighting design to create something exciting. We will also use a reflective table surface, created with a piece of Plexiglass on top of black velvet. For this exercise, stick to relatively transparent glass objects only, such as glasses, vases. Color glass is okay, provided that it is not so dark that you can't see through it. Try several examples of each, with different arrangements, as you like!
Note that this assignment uses transparent glass. Eventually, if you find yourself wanting to shoot opaque color glass (like a red wine bottle), say for your upcoming still life project, you would likely shoot that with the white-line technique, combined with more advanced approaches.
Technical hint: Meter the soft box with a reflective meter reading (no dome), setting the strobe power to 3 stops brighter than your shooting f-stop. For instance, if your camera is set to f11, set the power of the strobe to read f32 (f11->f16->f22->f32 = 3 stops) with a reflective meter reading. Yes, it's unusual; you are metering the light itself with reflective meter reading. Why? Because the light itself is appearing in your photograph, as either the background or a reflected highlight.
Another hint: Use a long zoom setting on your lens. This will make the background appear larger. Also, if required, move your glassware a tad closer to the background, so that the background fills the frame. You should not see the edges of the soft box and/or the black foam core in your frame.
Pertinent Reading: Chapter 7
Note, some key terminology in the book differs from what I commonly use, but it is describing the same thing. Reading the chapter should make this clear
FYI, these are equivalent / interchangeable terms:
Black-Line Glass (Chris) = "White Field Lighting" (Book)
White-Line Glass (Chris) = "Black Field Lighting" (Book)
Examples:
Examples:
black line glass
white line glass
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