I got these little snow globes several years ago. They’re small – about 2-1/2 inches high. I had originally gotten them to put at the dinner table for Christmas, but I forgot all about them.
I had a difficult time photographing them. Indoor lighting is hard for me. I had a softbox and no matter now I set up the lighting, I would always get the lightbox reflection in the glass. I tried using a little lightbox I used to use to view my slides, but that really washed everything out. I took a bunch of photos, and there were the only ones that turned out with any decency.
Maralee
Through My Lens 
Just call it whimsy and say you meant that look. 🙂
Sounds good to me. 🙂
I think I’m going to have to get a light box. Any recommendations?
The softbox we have is a small Lastolite. I didn’t know we had it until my husband brought it out . . . he had picked it up for some video work he was doing. It’s a static light (it doesn’t flash in sync with the camera) but it does a pretty good job of lighting stuff. You can probably find something pretty inexpensive on the internet. Carissa (http://neophytephotographer.wordpress.com) gave me the name of the equipment she uses and it wasn’t very expensive. I can’t remember what it was though . . . I’ll have to ask her again.
I’ve resigned to reflections of one kind or another whenever shooting glass. Nice captures; ephemeral
Maybe next year I should devote more time to mastering indoor lighting.
One trick to light such small objects is to place them under large styrofoam cups with an opening cut out like a garage door. Place a light source on the side to evenly light the inside through the styrofoam. This works for stamps, coins and jewelry just to name a few uses. 🙂
Thanks so much for that information. I appreciate it. I will give that a try.
You could also try backlighting them with big reflectors in the front.also,a darker background would let the inside snow show up better. still nice shots.
Thanks for your suggestions. I will try that and see how I do. 🙂
I was also going to suggest a dark background. Shooting glass is difficult, but can be done. You just really need to super-diffuse the light either by bouncing it off another surface or using some sort of material in front of the light source.
How very sweet! 🙂