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Studio equipment buying guide for beginners

"I’m trying to set up my home studio for product photography, what to start from" - such questions I receive almost every day, and in most cases I am not able to answer all of them  individually. However, I do not feel OK letting people go with [...]

Using light painting (lighting brush) technique in product photography.

Painting with light. You probably have seen the images composed with the light from a pocket flashlight before, and here I'll be talking of how we utilized this technique in product and advertisement photography. The idea behind the technique is simple: [...]

How to add drama to a plain picture

As a product studio photographer, I shoot a lot on a solid (usually white) background. Nothing new about this, but it makes me smile every time I have a chance to "force" my client to use other than just a plain solid color background. I am talking about [...]

Gallery: Red Water

How to get complete white background out from a camera: studio product photography tutorial

As a studio product photographer, quite often I have to shoot products on a white background. I am talking about pure white (#FFFFFF) background, required by the client. Web-placement and catalogs are the most popular applications for such photography. I have [...]

Lighting for small product photography: shooting cosmetic brushes.

We have the client, Anisa International. The company makes variety of cosmetic brushes for many famous brands. This is one of our best long-term customers, and recently we have done one more photoshot for them I would like to share here. In this post I would [...]

Studio product photography tips&tricks: Shooting glassware on black background.

Hello, my pixiq reader! This is my first article here, and I really hope my articles about the photography I do will be inetersting for you. I am going to open a product studio photography world to you as I see it myself :-). I'll be posting here most [...]