There are many varieties of small hardware with plating layer, such as decorative hardware, daily-use hardware, hardware tools and so on. As a metal product, its surface and plating, polishing, matte and other various textures, shooting in the light.

In order to show the spanners, screws, screwdrivers and other hardware tools metal texture and solid, hard qualities, you can use hard light to side light or side backlighting. Flat shape of the spanner, it should be noted that the use of its flat parts of the reflection, you can play a high angle of the side of the backlight, and so that the angle of transmission of light and the camera's top angle is basically the same, or slightly lower, so that the handle parts of the concave and convex undulating texture appears in the shadows, to enhance the sense of three-dimensional. If the main light source is too hard, the light ratio is too large, you can make up a soft light on the front, the light ratio should be controlled at 1:4 or more, the size of the light ratio will lack of strength.

Shooting hardware props, you can use a slightly soft side backlight, so that the knife reflections into the lens, in order to be able to observe the text engraved on the back of the knife to the degree, and pay attention to the blade glossy appearance, can be supplemented with a number of light sources.

Some cylindrical or spherical hardware appliances, such as door locks, handles, socket wrenches, etc., shooting a single object should pay attention to the structure of its shape, playing a slightly lower angle of metering or side backlighting, performance of its three-dimensional sense, should be in front of the side to supplement the light illumination.

Small precision tools, as well as hardware tools to be photographed in sets, should also pay attention to its overall placement of the shape, both can be placed in its original position, but also to go to the still life shooting table in a certain form of placement, to avoid stray light or make the photoelectricity scattered.

Shooting square hardware devices, should pay attention to the display of the façade, at least two sides should be shown, more can show three sides. The light source should be arranged according to the position of the façade, in order to constitute a certain reflective effect with the camera shooting angle, and pay attention to the adjustment of the light ratio between the light position. If necessary, white reflectors can also be used to replace the auxiliary light source, to the front of the brightness as the basis for exposure. When shooting from a top-down or top-down angle, use a large-format camera to make perspective adjustments.

Some screws, bolts, small components of the frame, the volume of the larger, you can use low-key, hard light for the outline processing, in front of a dark or gradient background will be placed vertically or suspended horizontally, playing a low angle of backlighting to make the structural lines, the main body of the image of the hard, cold, strong sense of industry.