Packshot Photography
Capture Product Images That Sell E-commerce is a booming business for photographers, so knowing how to quickly and efficiently capture high-quality packshots is a valuable skill for any photographer. Learn about the equipment, styling and lighting you need to take packshot images that sell, whether it be for e-commerce, websites, or small businesses. Part of this is knowing how to effectively create white backgrounds for product photography, and throughout this series of classes Karl demonstrates versatile one and two-light setups that you can use for a multitude of different products. You'll also learn how to work in small studios, reduce reflections on shiny objects, and understand what makes good product photography.
What you'll learn:
- How to take photos for websites
- Quick & effective lighting setups for product photography
- How to photograph in a small studio
- Product photography tips
- Equipment & lens choice for product photography
- Shooting products on a white background
- post-production techniques to clean up packshots.
About these classes
E-commerce is a great source of business for photographers, so knowing how to quickly and efficiently capture high-quality packshots is a valuable skill for any photographer.
A further positive about this type of photography is that it does not require too many lights or a large studio, which means it’s accessible to all levels of photographers.
Learn about the equipment, styling and lighting you need to take packshot images that sell, whether it be for e-commerce websites or small businesses.
The most essential technique that you will learn through these classes is how to photograph products on a white background and you’ll come away with several versatile one-light and two-light setups that you can quickly replicate and use to shoot a multitude of different products.
You’ll also discover how to overcome challenges such as photographing shiny metallic surfaces, controlling reflections in gloss surfaces, creating shadowless lighting, and separating a white product from a white backdrop.
Once you understand how to create white backgrounds, the other techniques and lighting setups you’ll learn throughout these classes are easily transferable and can be applied to almost any product.
Additionally, Karl also covers useful post-production techniques to clean up and refine your packshots.
