What this setup creates
A product photography tutorial demonstrating how to light a tumbler on an orange seamless background, using a rectangular softbox as a key light for edge lighting and a large umbrella as a front fill.
Light placement
One rectangular softbox behind the product for edge lighting, one large umbrella in front as fill.
How to build it
The rectangular softbox is used as an edge light for the product, while a large umbrella provides soft, frontal fill. The background is a seamless orange paper.
- Lighting style
- Two-light setup with a key light for edge-lighting and broad soft fill.
- Key light
- Backlit
- Light quality
- Soft light, Low contrast
- Shadows
- Flat lighting, Clean shadows
- Background
- Seamless backdrop
- Colour
- Warm tones, Neutral
- Visual mood
- Commercial clean, Natural, Energetic
Camera settings
Suggested starting point- Aperture
- f/8
- Shutter speed
- 1/160s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 85mm
- White balance
- 5500K
Inferred standard product photography settings for a clean, sharp image with good depth of field and color accuracy.