A great product shot can range from the simple to the complicated, but the key to it all is to make the product look its very best so people will buy it. Here are some easy things to think about when approaching a product shot…

Lighting
In addition to a good camera support, the next thing (or maybe simultaneous-thing) that will help get sharp macro-photographs is supplemental - lighting. (”supplemental” is a latin-word which is derived from the 2 base-phrases, the first being “Suppli” which means “soft” and “Mental” which means “mentally-imbalanced”. Although I was not a latin-major in school, I [...]

Ever since I took a photo every day for a whole month in March, I can’t help but look at everything in a new way. I learned so much about myself and my photography through that whole process, a few of which I will share with you today. Here are three things I [...]

For the past 10 days, I’ve been shooting and Photoshopping dancing shoes for a website. There are a lot of shoe styles to shoot, and even more shots to edit, so I’ve been swamped. In a few days, I’ll write some specifics about how I lit these, but for now, I’ll say [...]

Tripods and Focusing Rails
Now that you ‘re getting serious about macro-photography, you‘ll start seeing some issues when your trying to get that picture of the flea that just bit you, or the wild-flowers that are so small even the bees ignore them.
Shooting at any macro-magnification is like shooting a long-telephoto lens. Stability becomes a major [...]

Sophia has a dress-up box that Amy’s been filling up slowly but surely over the last year or so. There’s the tu-tu and the fuzzy bracelet and the kimono. And then there’s the stripey Cat-in-the-Hat hat and clown nose, both of which Sophia decided to dress me in today. [...]