annie123 Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 I am having the hardest time taking pictures of lip gloss, lipstick and mineral makeup. I have a shadow box but my color do not come true. Any pointer greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzyK Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 I take all my pics in natural light. The links are in my signature if you want to check them out. It is sometimes difficult to get the makeup colors to come out right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonShadow Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 I don't make lip gloss, lipstick and mineral makeup but I recently discovered the miraculous wonders of natural light. I have a light box too but if I take a product pic outside at about 8:30-9:00 AM EST, I am amazed at the difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiccandle Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Like the others I too tried taking my product photos indoors only to find the lighting lacking. My background turned out to be closer to gray than white. I took a bar stool, my light box, and products outside a little after noon, when the sun would be at it's highest point, to reduce the shadow of the product, and took my pictures and the difference was pretty obvious. It still wasn't as white as I'd like so I used Photoshop to delete the background, created a new white background, and place the image on that and now it's as white as I want. You can also create different colored backgrounds and place your image on those to make custom colored backgrounds. It's pretty easy to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuzyK Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 I don't actually go outside to take my pics, I just take them near a window. I would love them to be a little brighter but I edit and do what I can in photoshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annie123 Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 Thanks for the tips. I do take my pictures near a window but I think that I am going to take it outside and see how it goes, I also like the Photoshop idea and will give that a try also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitn Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 trying a different window might work too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 get a grey card. The 3 card set (white, black and neutral grey) are around $6 on Ebay and are sold at any local photography store. The gray card is a neutral color value that photoshop (or your photo editor of choice) will use to adjust the colors of a RAW photo.As others noted, natural light is very helpful too. The grey card helps color correct in natural light too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annie123 Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 Thanks Tall, I got a grey card and I will be trying it this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceylon Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Thank you all for this wonderful conversation. Sorry for the late reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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