Until I developed the ambition to produce pictures of my hermetospheres of a certain quality, I had no experience whatsoever in studio photography. “Studio” reads highly sophisticated, but in fact, my approach is rather simplistic.
Having studied the pictures made by Ulf Soltau, I had a fairly good idea of the desired outcome, but none how to get there. Reading, watching video tutorials and own experimenting finally got me to the solution currently in place. Being a hobby landscape photographer for years, the only two new devices I added are (1) a softbox that brings light from behind the object and creates the white lines around the glass (white glowing outline) and (2) a TTL Wireless Flash Trigger (Godox X1) to control the two remote flashes from my camera. Everything else I had either used before (camera, camera flash, tripod) or is self made (background, absorbers). The rest was experimenting with distance, depth of field, aperture and manual flash times. The main light comes from my camera flash through the transparent cover of the jar. Optimized settings can be seen below (view from above). Minimal post-production of the raw files is made with Adobe Lightroom.
Hermetospheres 
4 responses to “White lines around the glass”
What materials or products do you use for the light absorbers and the cardboard backgroud?
And can you recommend a light which can replace the flash? I want to make videos.
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Which materials or products do you use for the light absorbers and the cardboard background?
And can you recommend a light that can replace the flash? I want to make videos too.
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Thank you, Martin, for commenting. Find answers in my most recent entry. Hope it helps.
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