How to Shoot Product Photography

How to Shoot Product Photography! Product photography is a key element of any online store. How can you expect people to buy from you if they don’t know what your products look like? In this article, we will go over how to shoot product photography for your e-commerce site and make sure that it attracts the right buyers! You can also use photo lightboxes to photograph your product to get better results.

Deciding on your photography equipment 

Here is some equipment that uses during the shooting.

  • Camera and remote control 

for Shoot Product Photography

One of the most important things you can do when taking product photos is used remote control. If your goal is to make it seem like an appliance or something else in settings where there are no objects around, then this will be necessary for getting that perfect pose without having any clutter on the screen at once!

  • Lighting

You can use natural or artificial light to create product photography that is both aesthetically pleasing, but also accurate.

Lighting

A great way for sourcing lighting ideas would be looking at what other people might not think of as possible sources- such things as candle wax lit by candles close by!

  • Tripod

A photographer’s most valuable tool is their tripod. It allows for stability and balance, which means more accurate shots that you can be thrilled about!

Tripod

Tripod gear use in product photography is not new. Today tripods are an industry standard because they help photographers maintain consistent angles and reduce camera shake when shooting from high vantage points or on uneven surfaces such as boat decks where there’s no sturdy ground beneath your feet.”

Setting up your photoshoot

 

The perfect backdrop for product photography is a clean, well-lit area with minimal distractions. To ensure that your shots come out looking great and aren’t blurry or jaggy (in other words: not smooth), use the same background as you would if taking portraits of people instead! A white muslin fabric works best because it has evened tone which helps create crisp images while eliminating shadows from dark objects placed against brighter ones nearby.

Procedure

  • Once you have made your studio you need to do some tests 
  • Take a picture in the location where the final shots will be taken, this means that if they need to be shot in a specific room, take the photos they’re not in your studio.
  • I have had so many problems with trying to light products where I don’t want shadows or reflections of the lights in the images, this is because I am shooting on a reflective surface. 
  • So once you have done your location test it’s really important that you shoot some ‘flat’ pictures so you can get the stuff in the right place on the product.
  • Start taking some flat images with your camera turned to the manual, this will give you an idea of what aperture and focal length are required for different products.
  • I say flat because if it’s a lamp or something like that it will be difficult to create any depth in your image at the final location so best to work it out now.
  • Once you have your test shots, find a background for them if they are different from the one you are going to use at the final shoot. 
  • Using these images as an example create some frames which represent how you would like the objects to appear in their final locations.
  • Make sure you make them as realistic as possible, don’t forget shadows and reflections. 
  • The best thing you can do with these is to take some real photographs of the product against the background so you have an idea of what it will look like. When choosing a background for jewelry photos, you should mind nuances.
  • Once you have your flat images blown up to size so they are at least A3 in the size you can start to build your frames.

Conclusion

You will find that this process is one of trial and error, if you get it right the first time then I applaud you! It is good for you to know about Product Photography Lighting Techniques for the purpose of your photography.

Thank you for reading this post…🙂