Product photography lighting, composition, and shooting techniques

Whether you’re photographing a bottle of wine or a painting, a pair of shoes or a piece of jewelry, successful product photography first requires a thorough knowledge of light. You need to fully understand how light works—angles, reflectance, quantity, quality, shadows, and more—as well as how it in...

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Main Author: Nath-Sakura
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, CA Rocky Nook Inc. 2023
Edition:[First edition, translated version]
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505 0 |a Lighting In An Aquarium -- Lighting Sheet Metals -- Lighting Plastic -- Catalog Shots -- Advertising Shots -- Using Liquids -- Composite Photographs -- 4. Composition and Problem Resolution -- Composition And Contrasts -- Compositional Contrasts -- Color Contrasts -- Color Harmonies -- Basic Rules of Harmony -- Tone On Tone (Monochrome) -- Staging -- Artistic Visions -- No Object Is Perfect -- 5. Image Analyses and Lighting Setups -- Practical Exercises -- A Study of Rings -- Sneakers Rock -- Fragrance Diffuser -- Flying Teacup -- Waffles With Honey -- Blue Orange -- Into Orbit 
505 0 |a Typology of Objects -- Respecting Colors -- Photo Editing -- Bottles of Red Wine -- Bottles of Rosé And White Wine -- Frosted-Glass Bottles -- Empty Bottles -- Lighting a Painting -- Lighting a Mirror -- Lighting a Pyramid -- Lighting Transparent Prisms -- Lighting Parallelepipeds -- Lighting Cylinders -- Lighting Spheres -- Eliminating Cast Shadows -- Lighting Food -- Lighting Electronics -- Lighting Jewelry -- Lighting Watches -- Photographing Furniture -- Photographing Eyeglasses -- Make-Up And Perfume -- Photographing Textiles -- Photographing Clothing -- Lighting Tableware 
505 0 |a Floating Perfume -- Ants With Watch -- Old Port -- Freshness And Fruit -- Jar of Moisturizing Cream With Splashes -- Red Chili Peppers -- A Watch And Its Impact -- Anatomy of a Hamburger -- Exploding Whiskey -- Upside-Down Levitation -- Index 
505 0 |a The Behavior of Light -- The Reflection of Light -- The Condition of The Surface -- Diffuse Reflection -- Specular Reflection -- Direct Reflection -- Polarized Direct Reflections -- Families of Angles -- Families of Angles And Distances -- The Inverse Square Law -- 2. Shape, Texture, and Material -- Light And Texture -- Mixed Surfaces -- Parallelepipeds -- Complex Shapes -- Spheres And Rounded Shapes -- Cylindrical Shapes -- Lighting Glossy Metals -- Lighting Glass -- 3. Lighting and Practice -- Technical Implementation -- Choosing a Background -- Supporting Material -- Tripods 
505 0 |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Contents -- Absolute Rigor -- 1. The Laws of Optics and Using them for Product Photography -- Before You Start -- The Basics of Light -- The Amount of Light -- The Quality of Light -- Contrast -- The Color of Light -- The Roles of Light -- Distance -- Angle -- Measurements With An Independent Exposure Meter -- Measurement Methods -- Which Light Should I Use? -- Natural Light -- Continuous Artificial Light -- Flash Lighting -- Shadow And Half-Light -- Shadows And Shapes -- Shadows And Space -- Perspective -- Showing Depth 
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520 |a Whether you’re photographing a bottle of wine or a painting, a pair of shoes or a piece of jewelry, successful product photography first requires a thorough knowledge of light. You need to fully understand how light works—angles, reflectance, quantity, quality, shadows, and more—as well as how it interacts with the materials, shapes, surfaces, and textures you’re photographing. Once you know where to place the light and how to shape it, along with key compositional and photographic techniques, you can create beautiful photographs of any product or object you encounter. Of all the photographic genres, product photography requires the most precision, a consistent workflow, and a deep knowledge of optics. While this may seem daunting, anyone can learn to take great product photographs with photographer Nath-Sakura’s Product Photography: Lighting, Composition, and Shooting Techniques. Filled with inspiring and beautiful imagery, this book features a wide variety of products with diverse characteristics that will help you learn to tackle any challenge. Is the material glass, metal, liquid, plastic, or rubber? Is the surface’s finish shiny, reflective, dull, matte, or satin? Is the texture smooth, rough, or somewhere in between? Nath-Sakura addresses all of this and more. As opposed to other “photo cookbooks” out there, this book dives deep into the essential concepts you need to know in order to gain a strong technical background for your work. Plus, alongside the text and final photographs are plentiful diagrams, behind-the-scenes shots, and lighting setups to help you on your journey to mastering product photography. Whether your images are destined for catalogs, magazines, advertising, or fine art applications, Product Photography equips you with what you need to know to create flawless product shots