A friend sells bookmarks with charms.
She wanted me to edit some photos they would be taking and I said, "why don't you just let me take the photos". OOPS!
They brought down two lights with some sort of special bulbs and on stands. Vertical stands, no tilt, but the lights themselves tilt. One has a narrow hood, 5 to 6 inches, the other has a wider hood, 10 to 12 inches. They said the light bulbs have a 5 hour life and they get very hot. The bulbs are the same in each light.
They also brought a box they had made. Some hard white board, totally open on one end, two sides about 8" high and a back about 10/12" high, and a white bottom.
My camera is on a tripod with arm extended a bit horizontally. I have the planes very close between lens and subject by using a level.
I'm using a Tamron 90mm macro lens and have good focus.
I'm having trouble getting rid of the shadows though I've come close. I don't have a lot of room to move the lights without hitting the camera. They're very close now. So close my hair almost catches on fire when I'm trying to look into the viewfinder to set aperture/shutter speed but it is the closest I've come to having no shadows at all.
Sorry if it is more info than you need but figured better too much than not enough.
I'll try to get a pic in a little while of what's there.
I figure once I get one shot just right, I can then just take those charms out and put another one and it will be ready to go. Probably a hundred various pairs of charms.
Any hints will be appreciated and I am now admire the knowledge used for these lighting techniques more than I used to. Always something I avoided before. But hey, I'm going to make a little money off it.