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Chris, I am pursuing a BA in Digital Photography part-time online. (I am a veteran and using my benefits). This week I had to submit a video on product photography. I stumbled across your video and this was exactly what I picturing in my head. My wife brought some construction paper from her school and used all the settings you mentioned. Wow what a show! Thank you for being thorough in explaining the entire process. I used a can of Bubly and would be happy to share the final image. I am still learning, but you have a new fan!
Wow this is a great story! I’m humbled you used my video for your project! Please do share the final image. Instagram @chrispieta or email hello@chrispieta.com
After dealing with Fashion Photography, I was kinda fed-up. I always wanted to do the Product Photography but was scared. You really really helped me with getting ahead of my fear and getting on with my dreams. Thanks so much bro 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
As a landscape photographer who has shot multiple times in the pouring rain, I laughed so hard when you put the baggy on your camera. Granted I think my camera is much more water resistant that your camera. Sometimes you don't get a choice with the weather and you have to adapt, I carry a baggy with me but most of the time it just gets in the way and the droplets get stuck on the bag which throws the auto focus out of whack.
Actually we had to dig deeper to find you! We have recently created a video about free product photography props and during our lives research found you 🔥 Let’s connect
hi chris! i've just recently got interested in product photography. can i ask some silly beginner questions? would really appreciate if you could reply 1. I only have sigma 16mm lens and sony a6400 kit lens due to limited budget. are those lens okay for product photography? 2. for beginner what backdrop color would you recommend that we must have / versatile?
Why not take a video instead of photos? I am new to cameras and photography, I do mostly 3d product renders but now I want to do some irl product shots with the camera I ordered today, Canon M6 Mark II. Btw your videos are amazing, keep them coming.
Might be a silly question however, what is the hardware used to hold the background paper? Is it part of the tabletop or affixed to the wall? Really appreciate your channel thank you!
Awesome technique, looking forward to trying this myself. I see you're using different clamps here than in your previous videos. Did you buy some new ones; were these better for preventing rust due to all the liquids?
Great video and explanation. I have a couple of questions. 1. You have lots of spill-off from your soft box onto your background…why not add a bit more separation? 2. Why not use a remote trigger? Might make your life easier… 3. Products tend to want accurate color…you turned around and adjusted the hue of the can. Have you had any issues with companies and the color aspect of their product? I love the piecing easy/medium/pro levels showing the complexity. Just curious about these three points.
Hi Joshua! Thanks for the comment. 1 - stylistic choice - either could be cool! 2 - unfortunately the ones I've tried don't have a continuous shooting function in them. Critical for this type of photography 3 - definitely need to represent the brand with accurate colors. I tweaked it to match their website/social page. Always need to be accurate when representing the brand in this regard!
@@ChrisPieta thanks Chris! You are creating amazing content,,,, I dont have bugdet for AD400 PRO yet but I am already trying to freeze the action with GODOX SK400II … looking forward for the next video bro
I'm looking at the godox 400dpiii or 800dpiii -- would you recommend getting the 800 and just not using full power? Would that work for this style photography? Thank you!
Damn I was seriously impressed of these simple, fast and good edits. Really makes this thing scaleable. You saved yourself a lot of time, money and energy!
Good video but given you're using the exact same setup/settings for each shot, I don't see how one is more advanced than the other. Looks more to me like three simple ideas to try. I believe you could tight up your editing to reflect that and get a shorter, more engaging video out of it. Just my two cents. Regardless, I appreciate your time and effort, it was interesting!
So one thing i don't understand and i am hoping someone or even Chris could help me... So you set up your light, but then you keep the room light up? And why are you photographing with a flash? Someone could point me to more videos or explain it to be? i am really interested in this stuff and wanted to learn more. thank you so much!
The flash is so bright it overpowers the light in the room. The camera doesn't care if the room is fully lit or dark at this point due to the power of the flash!
The thing on top of the camera is called a flash trigger. Since the camera is detached from the flash, the flash trigger tells the flash to fire when I press the shutter button. Look up "Strobist lighting 101" on google and read that guide, very useful.
I Ve been so overwhelmed with wanting to learn product photography and then I stumbled on your channel. Such a simple yet impactful tea hing style. Thank you. Puts me so much at ease..
Always great videos. Questions. Did you say you mostly or always use a 50mm lens? I just got an 85mm. Question. I notice not a lot of actual Photoshop used in product photography mostly just Lightroom, is that normal? I use a towel & shower curtain under the paper to absorb the liquid. Makes it much easier to clean up.
Yeah I use a 50mm, 85 is a great length too for this stuff. The lightroom part is normal, I use photoshop for removing those blemishes (well actually my editor). Towel idea is good!
You can get these exact photos with that camera. I've even shot similar photo to this with my iPhone. Get the lighting down, learn composition, and the photos will look identical.
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Hey Chris, Wondering if you could recommend another strobe light at a friendlier price point than this Godox. I currently have a Amaran 60x LED continuous, but I was looking for a strobe light to better capture action / get brighter light. Price range I was thinking ~$250-400 Also, I was thinking a useful video you could do is how to use both strobe and continuous lighting together. Thanks!
@@ChrisPieta Thanks Chris. I was actually eyeing this one and the Godox FV150 to have both strobe and LED. Out of these two, which would you recommend ? Thanks again!!
