Product Photography: BTS Lesson from a Pro

Name: Product Photography: BTS Lesson from a Pro
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A full behind the scenes lesson for a commercial studio product photography shoot.

Created byJoshua Geiger

Last updated 10/2014

English

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

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