How to shoot professional product photography at home

How to shoot professional product photography "product photography" at home generally requires professional equipment such as studio and studio lighting. Shooting a specific product requires special equipment. For example, when shooting perfume and other products, the luminous board will be used as a desktop to make the whole perfume more transparent. When shooting water droplets, we will use a voice-activated shutter to capture the moment when the water droplets flow. The most common advertisements are all black or all white as the background, because black and white can best highlight the product. This small series tries to make some similar effects with the simplest methods and equipment and share the basic skills of product photography. I hope you can shoot high-quality product photography with the least resources. Here's how to shoot professional product photography at home-background: black cardboard (generally sold in stationery stores, depending on the size, around 2 yuan) Desktop: Asian rubber board (generally sold in shops selling signboard materials, depending on the size, around 20-30) Others: small studio, tripod. Prepare in advance. First of all, you can use a piece of black cardboard, or a piece of black cloth, black clothes and so on. As the background, and then use the afterburner as the workbench. Only use flash as light source, not studio light (if you don't want to invest extra, you must find a way to satisfy unlimited desires with limited resources! )。 First set the flash to Slavemode, and use the fuselage as the main control to flash. Then put the flash on the right, the position depends on the desired effect. Just before you remember, the flash is equipped with a soft mask to make the light softer. Because the background color is dark this time, if you shoot in semi-automatic or preparatory mode, it will affect the normal metering of the camera. Therefore, Bian Xiao suggested shooting in full manual mode. If the light and shade are not ideal, fine adjustment compensation can be made, and ISO and shutter can be decided by themselves as needed. Target effect. This time, the protagonist is a Fu Lunda lens, which not only wants to bring some mystery with a black background, but also wants the coating on the lens surface to reflect light with a light source, making it more attractive. In addition, in order to ensure that the light source is not affected by the environment (such as natural light such as sky lanterns and doors and windows of real estate enterprises), this shooting does not need to use a small studio. In addition, when shooting reflective objects, you must not "show your face" because of reflection. Practical test. Put things away first, then compose music and set goals. Manual focusing can be used if necessary. Remember to control the depth of field (it is recommended to set the aperture above f/8), because too shallow depth of field will make the product appear unclear! (Above) This photo can't get the desired reflection effect when it is illuminated by internal flash and external flash, so put the external flash in another position and take it again. (Above) It is best to put the flash on the right this time, but the bottom of the lens is overexposed. Let's take another picture! Lighting can make the texture of the product stand out and make the lens more metallic. As can be seen from the picture below, the coating and lighting of the lens make the photo look more attractive! You should pay attention to whether the light will be overexposed because of the strong reflection of the product. If this is the case, you can move the flash a little farther, or add a piece of white paper to disperse the light. Of course, you can also adjust the exposure setting of the camera by turning it down. What if there is no flash? If you don't have a flashlight, try using a desk lamp or flashlight instead. Coupled with the soft white paper, the effect is equally good! What if there is no macro lens? Macro lens is not necessary, look at the subject. Like this shoot, I don't need a macro lens. Moreover, the lens is not the main factor. As long as you know how to use light, you can get good results with ordinary kit mirrors. Note: It is recommended to use a tripod to avoid the fatigue of holding the camera for a long time and avoid the problem of hand shaking when the object or background light is dark. It is recommended that novices use zoom lenses to facilitate composition. Pay attention to whether the object is fixed. When I was filming, the camera almost rolled out. Fortunately, it is very close! Shooting a good work is not as difficult as you think. As long as you persist, be patient and try more, you will surely produce more good works! You can come if you want to study intensive product courses or late PS courses. Yutu.cn is a design online learning platform under Shenzhen Byte Information Network Co., Ltd. At present, it has four colleges: software introduction, e-commerce design, UI design and interior design, including more than 600 sets of online learning courses, providing intimate one-stop learning services for every learner who loves design and wants to learn practical skills.