Product Photography

[joel28]

Does anyone have any experience with product photography?

I would like to learn how to take professional pictures of my products for my website.

Do I need any special gear?

I would really appreciate your help

Thank you!!!

[mingkywingky]

Hi Joel. I don't do product photography a lot, but you can find all the tips and tutorial of product photography from the internet simply by typing product photography.
This one is my favorite http://www.handmadeology.com/studio-...h-a-12-set-up/ where you can do it with only $12 of budget.
Hope that helps.

[joel28]

this $12 setup is really cool.

Thanks!

[sandrac]

that is cool
I have a light box
we found directions for that online as well
just search light box
but with that you would have to buy lights
but would not have to have a window with light coming through
this setup looks great

[Kaye]

I think the link is cool too... I have saved it, and thanks Tenny for posting.

[joel28]

I Just got my first DSLR, the Nikon D5100, With a Sigma 17-70mm Macro Lens.

This photo was taken in Auto mode, How can it be improved?

[Kaye]

Joel, it's not a bad shot... although I would love to see what you can come up with giving it a go on manual.... or Aperture Priority. Also try to manually set your White Balance according to your lighting.

[jerryph]

I Just got my first DSLR, the Nikon D5100, With a Sigma 17-70mm Macro Lens.

This photo was taken in Auto mode, How can it be improved?

The overal shot is not terrible but it is about 2/3rds of a stop underexposed. The background should be pure white and no shadows should be showing. Just my opinion of course.

This setup is what I have tried in the past, and it really works well.

http://www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=82

As a general rule, it is good to ask "what else can I do to make it better", but I then also go out and look at other people's (for example) product photography and work on making my work look like that.

[jmtc]

Hi Joel
Nice shot but there are things that can be done to improve it. I agree that if you are going to shoot against a white background, it should be white, not grey, you need to check your white ballance, (although this can be corrected in photoshop). Also the image looks too flat, you need to try and get some dimention into the image, to make it look round. I do this using small mirrors, which I place to bounce the light round and hold them in place with small cheap clamps. Your image does look a little under exposed but you can experiment with that. Please move into manual mode, your photography will become much better, and keep experimenting - its the beauty of digital - get rid of the stuff thats rubbish and keep the goodies. You are off to a good start!
Regards
Jim