Patent ID: 6788886
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G02C,G03B

Abstract:
A method for photographing a lustrous object, wherein:placing said lustrous object in the inside of a lighting box having an opening for photographing said lustrous object with a camera, and an indirect lighting function for lighting said lustrous object indirectly; providing an optical shield member consisting of substantially white material with a non-glossy surface between said camera and said lustrous object; providing an opening in said optical shield member for photographing said lustrous object with said camera; setting the size and shape of said opening to be a size and shape necessary and sufficient for photographing said lustrous object; providing a strobe flash for irradiating said lustrous object by flash light; providing an optical shield member formed of a transmissible light dispersing material for dispersing said flash light between said strobe flash and said lustrous object; and photographing said lustrous object with said camera through said opening and said opening for photographing while being irradiated by flash light generated from said strobe flash through said optical shield member for dispersing light.