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Creative Product Photography from Start to Finish

Setting Up

A course by Weekend Creative , Creative Agency

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Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: Setting Up

Overview

“Now that you’ve gathered all of your materials, tools, and gear, let’s talk about some shooting basics for product photography. Here we’ll go over tethering, camera settings, and lighting. ”

In this video lesson Weekend Creative addresses the topic: Setting Up, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Product Photography from Start to Finish. Explore the entire creative process behind a product photoshoot and learn how to take scroll-stopping images.

Partial transcription of the video

“Setting Up Now that you have your tools and equipment, now we'll talk about the shooting basics for product photography including tethering, lighting, and camera settings. First we'll talk about the tripod. The tripod isn't super necessary to create scroll-stopping images, but it is important to stabilize the camera, reduce handshake, and capture sharper images. Having a tripod will also make it easier for you to style your scene, because you already have the camera in its position and it'll be helpful if you tether using a software program such as Capture One or Lightroom. Tethering, simpl...”

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Course summary for: Creative Product Photography from Start to Finish

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (315)
14904 students
5 units
20 lessons (3h 11m)
7 downloads

Category
Photography & Video
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Digital Photography, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Product Photography

Weekend Creative

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Creative Agency

The duo behind Weekend Creative is photographer Arabela and art director Elle. They create powerful images by handling every aspect of a product photoshoot for brands’ product launches, social media, advertising, and more. Their services include art direction, custom set creation, sourcing props, styling, booking talent, production, shooting, and post-production.

Their clients include CamelBak, Blue Bottle Coffee, Benefit Cosmetics, The Honey Pot Company, Anecdote Candles, Saint Jane Beauty, Banza, Herbivore, Packlane, Volition Beauty, and more. They also created Weekend Club, a thriving online community, and run a blog focused on helping other creatives learn and grow.