Product Photography: BTS Lesson from a Pro

Name: Product Photography: BTS Lesson from a Pro
Rating: 4.0 (16 reviews)

A full behind the scenes lesson for a commercial studio product photography shoot.

Created byJoshua Geiger

Last updated 10/2014

English

English [Auto],

What you'll learn

Properly Light Reflective Surfaces
Adjust Depth of Field
Use a Tilt-Shift Lens
Prop & Style Products
Post-Production & Retouching

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 1h 46m total length

The Main Objective5:04
In this short video, we'll introduce the main objective of the shoot, talk about what's needed and some of the techniques we'll use to achieve our goal.
Shoot: Positioning the Product10:20
In this video, we'll set up our mirrored shooting table/surface and position our product for shooting.
Shoot: Lighting the Product30:07
In this video, we'll add our lighting the set and position it so that we achieve the gradients of light we want on our product.
Shoot: Adding and Lighting Props8:01
In this video, we'll add our gold leaf prop material to the scene for added intrigue and texture in the final image.
Shoot: Wrapping Up the Shoot3:39
In this short video we'll wrap up the shoot with a little post shoot chat and advice for moving forward.
Image Post Production - 0118:20
Image Post-Production - 0216:35
Image Post-production - 0314:23
Open the flat version and fix tilted edges with the perspective crop tool to align verticals. Resize to 800 pixels at 72 ppi for web and save as jpeg.

Requirements

Need: Camera
Need: Lighting (Monolights, Strobes, Speedlights or Constant Lighting)
Need: Photoshop
Need: Desire to Learn

Description

Over the duration of this course, I'll take you behind the scenes and walk you through shooting a bottle of Tom Ford cologne flanked by gold leaf flakes for a luxurious ad campaign shot. I'll walk you through the set-up, lighting and styling props all the way through post production to saving out the final image.

This course is about 2 hours long and the shoot uses the following gear

Nikon D800 (any DSLR)
Macro Lens (preferably tilt-shift)
2 Lights (strobe,speed light or constant lighting)
Post-Production Software (preferably Photoshop)

Just so you know, this course will continue to grow in content with more BTS shoots of different products. Each time a new Shoot is posted in this course, the price will go up.

Who this course is for:

For: Novice to Advanced Photographers
For: Photographers who own and use studio lighting of some kind
Not For: Beginner Photographers
Not For: Photographers who have no experience with using Manual mode on their cameras