Shooting, rugs, carpets and other fabrics

[Rider]

I'd like to make pictures of rugs, carpets and a few fabrics designed by a certain artist.

This will be part of the artist's portfolio. A large part of it will probably be done in 35mm.

However, I'd like to do a few special pieces in LF; nothing beats a 4x5 slide for the "ooh" effect.

I do not have large enough studio lighting, so I will be relying on the goodness of the sun in a shaded area, using primarily my trusty 180mm Schneider, or for a few close-ups, a Nikon 120mm macro lens. Should I bother with a 90mm for anything? For film, I'm thinking Astia will be the best choice. The camera will be a wooden field camera (is that a mistake?).

Any thoughts or suggestions from anyone who has done this would be much appreciated, including (but not limited to) ideas on framing/perspective (do all shots have to be straight on?), film, lens, lighting.

[rhbourbonnais]

Side lighting to bring out the texture.
You can even do it with the sun.
Put the object in the shade and then use a mirror to bounce in some side lighting to pop the texture.

Robin

[Rider]

Thanks Robin, I'll keep that in mind.