As it's the holiday season, I'm sure everyone got a few new gadgets, and I'd like to see them! I, personally, love well designed products and I'm incredibly interested in their designs - and of course product photography itself. To start the thread, here are three of my product shots. They're not new, but I'll add some new ones later on when I got inspired by yours. First, just a clean, simple shot on a white background: Second, the awesome B&W P5 connected to an iPod Classic - simply the best combination for on-the-go music: And last, just a fun little composite wallpaper not to miss my Wii U when I'm not home:
Did someone say: product photography?? Tumbler Group by Jeff Addicott, on Flickr Mud Egg Paperweight by Jeff Addicott, on Flickr Transparent Cranberry Diamond Pattern Ornament by Jeff Addicott, on Flickr Double-Walled Bowl by Jeff Addicott, on Flickr Ruby Vein Paperweight, March 2013 by Jeff Addicott, on Flickr
Showing off some Minolta stuff of course. I have used these as desktop backgrounds. All Minolta 28mm 1:3.5 lenses with SR-mount in my collection. Minolta XD7 with Minolta MD W.Rokkor 28mm 1:2
Tried to use my Sigel black glass magnet board (god, those guys build the coolest magnet boards on the planet!) as a ground and a piece of styrofoam as a background today. As a light, I used the built-in flash of my NEX-7, bounced upwards, with two reflectors. One was a business card taped to the flash to reflect the light forward, one was a piece of A4 sized paper to get light from the top. In post, I didn't do much - just cloning out a few dust spots and adding some clarity. So this is basically the simplest setup you can use for product photography - you don't need any equipment besides your camera. I think they turned out quite good for the little equipment used. <a href="https://flic.kr/p/mdDqjF" title="Zeiss Touit 2.8/12 by Hannes Brecher, on Flickr"> "800" height="534" alt="Zeiss Touit 2.8/12"></a> <a href="https://flic.kr/p/mdF3Pm" title="Zeiss Touit 2.8/12 by Hannes Brecher, on Flickr"> "800" height="534" alt="Zeiss Touit 2.8/12"></a> <a href="https://flic.kr/p/mdF5AN" title="Zeiss Touit 2.8/12 by Hannes Brecher, on Flickr"> View attachment 42054 "800" height="533" alt="Zeiss Touit 2.8/12"></a>
A couple from last year 1) First camera i used ( my father purchased it in 1955/56 ) The 2 strange accessories are on the left a rangefinder ( precursor to autofocus) and on the right Exposure meter ( no TTL then ) 2) Last camera i bought Alpha7R shown here with very rare Minolta 85mm F1.4 G (D) Limited lens adapted through Sony LA-EA4
I'm still trying to figure out where to go with product photography. I think it's an area with endless possibilities which have not yet been explored. This time, I tried to tell little stories with the product shots. Not sure where my little product photography experiments will end, but they're fun anyway.
You can always open some sort of online store and put them to work! Selling my glass art on ETSY is what prompted me to explore this genre. And the occasional eBay auction... for all the good my better-than-average listing shots seem to do me.
True. Recently, I was able to snap a 3DS XL at ebay that could easily have been sold for €50 - €80 more if the photo was better. The device itself is like new, but on the ebay photo it looked horrible, so money saved for me.
