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Looks great! If you’re looking to expand your techniques as well as materials for lighting, definitely check out Light — Science and Magic . Great book that goes over how to light any material and different approaches based on your goals.

It’s geared towards photographers but you can apply its teachings to C4D as well.

You'll have to learn approaches to photographing reflective subjects—if you're wondering what you would be googling.

Of course the more thorough investigation is explored in Light Science & Magic.

> Is that a textbook available online ?

Not that I know of, but it's the best 30 bucks you (your company?) could spend, a little technique can save a lot of time.

https://www.amazon.com/Light-Science-Magic-Introduction-Photographic/dp/0240812255

sure. read this. https://www.amazon.com/Light-Science-Magic-Introduction-Photographic/dp/0240812255

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it has a detailed scientific explanation of how polarization and cross polarization works, and when and how it can be a helpful tool in studio photography.

• The Strobist, David Hobby's website, is the go-to source for learning about off-camera multi-light setups. Probably the best place to start is his Lighting 101 section.
• If you learn better by seeing something done rather than reading about it, Hobby also has a lynda.com course on flash lighting.
• Zack Arias goes over basic studio setups in his youtube White Seamless tutorial.
• I would also recommend that, if you're using speedlights, you consider getting better with on-camera bounce flash, too as it can probably do more than you think it can, and you never know when it'll come in handy. Neil van Niekerk's Tangents website is great for this, and especially at teaching you to think through your lighting.
• The basic college textbook on lighting is <em>Light, Science and Magic</em>.
• Syl Arena's <em>Lighting for Digital Photography</em> is also a good resource, and one of the few books I've seen that concentrates on aesthetics as well as technique.
• For examples of virtuoso lighting, you might also want to find Gregory Heisler's <em>50 Portraits</em>, watch him describe how he lights on youtube, and maybe also see him think stuff up on the hoof at a GPP shootout. :)
• Robert Hall's youtube channel is your go-to resource for Godox gear and how to use it.

A whole bunch of juicy ideas in here: https://www.amazon.com/Light-Science-Magic-Introduction-Photographic/dp/0240812255

If you're serious about lighting, especially food and product lighting, then buy a copy of

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Light-Science-Magic-Introduction-Photographic/dp/0240812255

Get this book. It will teach you everything you need to know about the basics of doing this.

And then there's Light: Science and Magic

https://www.amazon.com/Light-Science-Magic-Introduction-Photographic/dp/0240812255

"Light Science and Magic" is a fantastic book about lighting.

Haha, wow, even B&H has that book! (Even cheaper than Amazon...)

It's a good primer on light indeed—highly recommended.

Get this book if you get the chance to: http://www.amazon.com/Light-Science-Magic-Introduction-Photographic/dp/0240812255

There's PDF's of it floating around the internet too. It'll be a really good tool.

Your camera should be enough to get started with and produce nice results. This video might be of help to get you started on shooting your glass items:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlQwt7_ZXKg

There are plenty more like it, just do a search for shooting glass.

You don't need to take classes with the internet around, just learn as you go.

Also, consider picking up this book: Link