A lighting challenge

[mike weeks]

Seen how to light many things from paintings to shotguns in this group but never seen this particular issue.

i have a Book that has text on the spine


so snapping with the iPhone first makes me think that a longer focal length will be better for perspective but how could you light to make it interesting?
Mike

 

[sk66]

I think I would use a lot more BG separation/falloff so as to create much more dramatic lighting... the first thing that strikes me is a darker BG/environment so the lighting "pulls it out". Might want to open the front cover a bit to make the text a little more flat/readable.

 

[gibtheo]

Probably best to sort composition first. Find a better place to shoot it. I think it's too cramped on the shallow shelf with the picture frame only just above too. I'd be tempted to lay the book down, see a profile with some pages too. It'll be a compromise between viewing the text and the image on the front. Get the composition right first then think about how to light the set up in my humble opinion.

 

[mike weeks]

Probably best to sort composition first. Find a better place to shoot it. I think it's too cramped on the shallow shelf with the picture frame only just above too. I'd be tempted to lay the book down, see a profile with some pages too. It'll be a compromise between viewing the text and the image on the front. Get the composition right first then think about how to light the set up in my humble opinion.

That was only posted as a reference image of the subject and not as a lighting example

 

[gibtheo]

I see, still my remarks remain valid.