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    How do I take pictures of hardware?

    I have many pieces of hardware like key rings, carabiners, snap hooks, etc. I need to take individual shots of them. Problem is, how do you recommend taking the shots so that I can remove the background to get a pure photo/picture of the item? Also, is there a particular type of background I should use and how about lighting (flash or additional room lighting.) When I try to take shots, I get too much relection from the background or the background is difficult and time consuming to remove when touching up.

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    Product Tent

    Do a search on e-bay using "product tent" and you'll see some examples. (I can never get the links to work here).

    Hope it helps,

    PG

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    I'd go with a tent as well. Check out some of the postings in the Studio & Lighting forum, this situation comes up once in a while.

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