What's Included

  • BEVERAGES

    From soft drinks, to coffee and alcohol we cover lots of different styles. Working with glass can be tricky, but a few simple ideas will get you shooting in no time.

  • HEALTH & BEAUTY

    Loads of ideas and styling suggestions for working with health and beauty products, as well as consumer goods and jewellery.

  • BASIC WHITE

    Learn all about creating simple, yet stunning product images on crisp white backgrounds for e-commerce and websites. We look at lighting, using light tents and reflective surfaces.

Checklist

What I cover in this intensive Basic Product photography self-paced online class. Work totally within your own timeframe, in any order you choose. Work within your own budget and start today with what you already have on hand. Build up your own portfolio and start with a solid foundation in basic product photography.

  • Covering camera basics, settings, and more. Basic to basics with ISO, Aperture, metering modes and more. Understand and get the most out of your camera

  • Total rundown on all the gear I use and where to obtain it. What you need and what you don't. From lights, to modifiers, backdrops, lights tents, lenses and more.

  • Join me in the studio, come behind the scenes as I captured a variety of product from consumer goods, health and beauty, beverages, jewellery and more. Plus step by step during the editing process

Bonus material

  • Magic of Macro PDF E-book

    $9.95 value

    In this eBook, I cover some of the basics of Macro Photography, this booklet is more of a companion guide to students of my Macro photography workshops & classes, but if you cannot get to one of my classes, this might be the next best thing. This eBook comes in PDF Format

  • Photography - The Book of Basics

    $9.95 value

    In this eBook, I cover some of the basics of photography, from camera settings to composition. Get off auto, learn different metering modes, shooting modes and so much more. If you are just starting out in photography, or need to brush up on the basics, then this book is for you. This eBook comes in PDF Format

  • Mini Macro Photography classes

    $99 value

    Snippets and videos from A World in Miniature Macro Photography class to build further fundamentals on macro photography including focus stacking.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome

    2. Studio Gear & Requirements

    1. Lesson 1: Understanding Camera Settings and Metering

    2. Lesson 2: Metering Modes

    3. Lesson 3: Taking Control of Shutter Speed, Aperture and ISO Settings

    4. The Basics of Photography eBook

    1. Lesson 1: Exploring Lighting options

    2. Lesson 2: Exploring Different Lighting Techniques for Product Photography

    3. Lesson 3: Commercial White Backgrounds

    4. Practical Session - Commercial White Backgrounds - Part I

    5. Practical Session - Commercial White Backgrounds - Part II - Lightroom Edit

    6. Practical Session - Working with Neutrals - Artificial Light

    7. Practical Session - Working with Neutrals - Natural Light

    8. Practical Session - Working with Neutrals - Lightroom Edit

    9. Practical Session - Working with project paper

    10. Practical Session - Using a conical light diffuser

    11. Practical Session - Working with Rings

    1. Lesson 1: Understanding Macro Photography and Equipment

    2. The Magic of Macro e-Book

    3. Lesson 2: Tips for Styling Products for Professional Results

    4. Lesson 3: Working with reflections and glass

    5. Practical Session: Working with reflections and glass

    6. Practical Session - Dark Reflections, Editing

    7. Practical Session: Working with reflections and water or condensation

    8. Practical Lesson - Working with Condensation, Editing

    9. Practical Session: Working with Jewellery Part I

    10. Practical Session: Working with Jewellery Part II

    1. Lesson 1 : Post-Processing Basic for Product Photography

    2. Lesson 2: Removing dust and scratches

    3. Lesson 3: Ideas for Creative Editing and Retouching

    4. Lesson 4 - Adding the final touches

    5. Lesson 5 : Focus Stacking for Depth of Field

    6. Focus stacking poppies in the Studio

    7. Merge & Stack in Photoshop

    8. Focus stacking Outside

    9. Using Helicon Soft to combine focus stack

    1. A few thoughts on setting up your own product photography business

    2. Lesson 1: Setting Up Your Own Product Photography Studio

    3. Lesson 2: Building Your Portfolio

    4. Lesson 3: Tips for working with clients

About this course

  • $125.00
  • 41 lessons
  • 3 hours of video content

Creating a little magic every day