Product Photography

Practicing for a shoot on Wednesday.

Yes, i have never done this and agreed to take the job... Blah. Blah. blah.

The shoot involves toys, so the subjects are very similar in nature.

Aside from a crop (and uncloned black matte area above yoda's head) what should i do to make these images look more professional?

Spent some time on jewlery websites researching lighting , positioning etc.

I have thicker skin than most so dont worry about sandwiching criticism between compliments, leading with positive, or tactful phrasing.

If you are having a bad day, take it out on my photos. Hurt my feelings with topics including (but not limited to) shadows, lighting, camera and subject position, colors, and background consistancy (sp).

Unless the client has specifically asked for that higher angle, I think you need to get more on the level of the subject. And I suspect that more fill light in #2 will work better for the client.

Thanks, PhotosGuy. I appreciate the pointers and I will take both of those suggestions into account.

White backgrounds can certainly be tricky. You want to make sure your exposure is even from left to right. These look like fairly small perhaps picking up a light tent would be helpful. If you have a local cameral or lighting shop you can get one there. Something like this

http://www.meritline.c​om …NWxt7XH6LUCFVSV​MgodiloAUw

I am not recommending this brand or this specific light tent, I just googled light tent to give you an idea of what I am talking about. You just put your object inside and put your lights outside and it gives you nice even light over your product.

Thanks for the advice, 5ifty mm. I actually amazon primed one of them from cowboy studio that arrived saturday. It was a big help today.

Good call on the even lighting... Made my life really easy (well, easier at least).

Looks like ya got a piece of black acrylic to play with...I like it.
Takes it out of the product genre though...crossing that fuzzy line toward object d'art.

Yeah.. Client loved it. We shot some glow in the dark "designer toys" that looked pretty nuts, once "charged up" and shot at 4 seconds on the black acrylic.

I wish i could post some images to demonstrate right now. I will provide a link to an online gallery once the magazine is published.

Yesterday was a long, but fun day.