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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| Language: | English |
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San Rafael, CA
Rocky Nook Inc.
2023
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| Edition: | [First edition, translated version] |
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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