Product Photography: Planning, Setup, Shoot, Post Processing, to Publishing

[@ForrestTanaka]

I show a product photo shoot from planning, through setup, and publishing on the Web. Best comment I’ve gotten so far: “Great tutorial as always! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!”

[@Automedon2]

Even knowing nothing about photography and not much more about Photoshop, it was mesmerizing watching you produce that beautiful image. Thanks

[@MrDanny081]

this tutorial is awesome. you explain very good and even take the time to add details like: "you need to have snap on for this function to work" so if I try the exact same it wil actualy work because you say it step by step without skipping small things. this is one of the best tutorials I ever watched.

[@jameso3473]

Amazing! One of the best photography tutorials around.

[@2ganch]

I'm not even into photo editing or whatever it is you doing but i still watch the whole video because i felt and saw your love and passion towards you creating yr pics. Was pretty cool bro Lol hope all you people around world achieve yr dreams and live happiness. I love yous all

[@merim02]

Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial and your patience to show us every single detail in your work: planing, equipment setup and processing image. You expand my poor knowledge in product photography, so from now on I would not be afraid to try it.

[@CRMayerCo]

Good job, Forrest. 👍🏻 Very well explained.

[@timsmith656]

Way to go Forrest, another great one keep them coming. Thanks!!!

[@shawnbehnam]

Nicely done tutorial. I have been doing jewelry photography for a while but learned a few things from this video. Thanks for posting.

[@loosejuice4668]

Excellent tutorial extremely well polished, some interesting techniques I hadn't seen before but will use in the future. Thanks for sharing

[@josephchan4198]

Thank you making these videos. Awesome work.

[@PatrickDayPhoto]

Great photo composition. Like the setup for the pen using string. Also, I've never seen the vignette technique towards the end...nice!

[@Productphotocanada]

Great! There are many techniques to come up a perfect image and I think you showed it all. Thanks

[@glockatory]

As usual great job Forrest, thank you for all the videos sir.

[@franciscoortega2829]

Hey sir,I just bumped onto this video as Im venturing into product and food photography. Ive been shooting portraits and such for a few years now but where im located its difficult to get subjects let alone clients. I still love to shoot Fashion and artistic portraits but this genre allows me to get in close and learn more about lighting at a slower pace. This is one of the best tutorials in general as rarely does a photographer show from concept to finished product. That's the way my mind works and is part of the fun for me - the planning is part of the shot also in my mind. So great to find like minded folks out there. Im actually checking out your site now and I look forward to seeing more. Sorry I got to this video so late.CheersFrank

[@1dpham]

Amazing teacher! Very detailed and well explained. Great job!

[@jcleivaamoros]

You are great...I do really appreciate how much you share with us. Thanks a lot!

[@DanielHKhalid]

Absolutely loved the tutorial, Forrest. Great work!

[@blakejohnson8414]

This is brilliant. Very quick and easy.

[@kunalsil3529]

Hello Sir ... its been a privileged to watch your tutorial from the very beginning to the end ... yeah , I learned a lot .. thanks a lot .. expecting many more such tutorials from your end .. thanks again ...!!!

[@thejunkerer]

Great tutorial and a great photo. Thumbs up!

[@ILoveMyKSeries]

Great work as always Forrest!

[@jopipalo813]

Im pretty new to product photography and im just in awe how u made it look so easy! So cool!

[@clippingmaskasia559]

very useful information. It becomes easier for us to do post shot processing if the shots are taken properly like this one.

[@prospeaker58]

Loved your teaching ability and so happy to see the entire process. Great job, I will be following you from now on.

[@EishinRyu]

Amazing Forrest! Martin Bailey turned me on to your work and I must say stunning. You are a gifted teacher as well. 先生これからよろしくお願いします！

[@rnbdanny]

Wow Forrest, this is the first video I've seen of you, and I must admit that I'm amazed. You definitely have another subscriber without checking any other video! haha Thanks a lot for taking the time to do this!

[@davehenderson9105]

Very nice work and very clear direction!

[@Dudesqu]

Tanaka, thanks for sharing, great tut for as all to learn something new. Greetings from Australia.

[@SolisDigitalMedia]

I love it! Thank you Mr. Tanaka! I teach high school photography. My students absolutely adore Lightroom... and of course, studio photography. I'm going to have my advanced students do a project like this. Perhaps with one of the really nice pens that show the school name. Thanks again!

[@dunuth]

You are an awesome! Very painless and loads of tiny tings that are otherwise hard to learn!

[@hamoudi150383]

Bingo dude....excellent tutorial and great amount of information. Looking forward to see more from you Cheers

[@Bitenable]

I like your tutorial style. Very comprehensive and detailed. Thanks.

[@klarabach1307]

very nice tutorial. and with props that I think I have at home so I'll try to reproduce the process this evening. thank you for sharing.

[@minkorrh]

Great tut! Love that vignette technique!

[@ForrestTanaka]

Great! Thanks for reminding me on car photography. It was something I thought about doing a video on a couple years ago but never got around to it. I’ve added it to my list…

[@HouseMixProductions]

Great video! You have a way of calmly explaining everything so its very pleasant and easy to listen to. Thank you for your help! First time visitor, and now a subscriber :)

[@lacenaepronta]

Great tutorial as always! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@amandajo28]

Excellent video! I will be sharing!

[@pumpum000]

Awsome work flow, very easy to undestand, thank you alot!

[@moma001]

This is really great video a lot of tips, very professional much practice and a lot of knowledge. i usually find some tutorials with lot of talks about nothing. but this video man! is easy and practical we need more videos. thank you

[@MagnumVideos]

Wow! I need to learn a bit more about Photoshop. I am amazed that it can do all of that. I had no idea it had all those capabilities. Nice job!

[@blakejohnson8414]

+Magnum You should subscribe the Phlearn's youtube channel. They cover everything about Photoshop. I learnt about 80% of what I apply from them.

[@markharris5771]

I watched this because I had an idea to photograph a Cross pen, which are quite rare in England. I also have almost exactly the same set up except I’ll use a 5DIII. Great video.

[@caporretto]

Great VIdeo, clear easy to follow just what is needed.

[@prashaanthdavid4463]

Watched it in 2020...8long years... Still useful... 👍👍

[@petalinperth]

Dear Mr.Tanaka, Thank you very much for your clear, easy to follow explanation. Very well done. Really appreciate your video. Kind Regards, Laura :)

[@daviddjustiss2966]

Great Video, Forrest, thanks.

[@trevorpinnocky]

Nice light setup and some clever PS work too.

[@tallatkhan1462]

amazing sir,we are beginners in product photography but your video gave us alot of inspiration

[@TheMattsociety]

excellent tutorial! thank you for sharing these techniques!

[@RDDC_Official]

Well you just cleared up some features of photoshop I was wondering what they were used for. I'm just getting into product photography...awesome video taking it from step one to finish! I subbed!

[@jcqa333]

So great!!! thanx Forrest!!!

[@phillarragoite709]

Nice insight into the workflow, thanx for the tips

[@achilmaza]

Fantastic tutorial. Thanks for sharing.

[@simo2601]

I love the noise mask technique! thanks for that!

[@WeddingPhotography64]

Wow! This was a fantastic tutorial. Thanks so much Forrest :)

[@CEDXDABEST]

This is so clear and instructive! good job and thank you!

[@ImageZonePhotography]

Forrest, Great job. A couple of questions. Why don't you use a flash meter to get a more accurate exposure so you don't have to do so much post processing? Instead of the laso tool and fill you can use the spot healing brush and click on the first position then move in a straight line and shift-click at the farthest point and it will remove the entire line between the clicks. Do you do concept sketches for every subject?

[@lifeartpixels]

Very nice job..I wanna get to learn more about product photography, subscribed!

[@kylemaguire8562]

Absolutely brilliant tutorial!, I'm only just learning how to use Lightroom and Photoshop properly and this tutorial has gave me some great advice :)

[@GregAllen2]

Thanks... PS has a really really steep learning curve and this helps out tremendously! Cheers, Greg

[@josecrespo1973]

Best product photography tutorial i've ever seen. Thank you very much.

[@EliasNesser]

A lot of great information here. Thank you!

[@clippingpathexperts3836]

Overall Excellent tutorial! I really enjoyed.

[@ForrestTanaka]

The most expensive part was the lens (70-200 f/2.8 USM IS) and camera (5D Mark II). But you can accomplish the same thing with a 450D and 18-55, though you may need a bigger area since you have a wider field of view (I was at 200mm). You will need only one strobe since you could replace the soft box with a window without direct sunlight, and you’d just need to light the background, then reflect window light into the logo.

[@_P.K.]

amazingly helpful.. awesome explanation .. thanks so much

[@WAhidHakim]

Thanks for the nice tutorial. It's helpful.

[@todorstrasni]

Cheers Forrest!

[@zwatcs]

Thanks for a great and quick answer. I'll definitely try that!

[@thomaswindfeld728]

Great vid.! Thanx. Love your pix on your site. Great lighting! :-)

[@ForrestTanaka]

These days, pretty much any DSLR will let you do a good job. You may find though at a 50mm lens on a crop sensor gives you a narrower field of view than you’d like. Depends on what you’re doing. Higher-end bodies give you things like more megapixels maybe, full-frame sensor perhaps, better focusing for sure, bigger and faster buffers, maybe better high-ISO noise characteristics, etc.

[@401SNelson]

WOW really cool!! Thank you Forest!!

[@jennygw1883]

Great tutorial, learnt a lot. thank you!

[@arivincenti]

impresionante!!! muuuuuuuy bueno!!

[@lizvillegas6603]

Thanks so much for this! I've been thinking of learning product photography, this is really helpful and inspiring :D

[@tuneit3]

Well done and thorough

[@krishariharan9924]

Very Informative!!! Loved it!! :) Thanks

[@46irshad]

Awesome video.

[@FMJFilmMedia]

Very nice job...thanks

[@jeremiahdauphinais7186]

That was incredible! Thank you for the video!

[@hofmannimages]

Awesome information! Thank you so much!

[@ktaha61]

I really appreciate your effort .. valuable information, Thanks Mr Forrest Tanaka.

[@rectify2003]

Your videos are great. I subscribed to your channel years ago whenIwatched your moon photography tutorial. I even searched the tune you used which was Quasars

[@roni_sidhu]

Hello Forrest, Great video tutorial you have done there, you have a great way of teaching things. I am doing some product photography and shooting some make up where the colours have to be spot on. I am having trouble getting the correct colours even after setting customer white balance! would you have any idea what i might be doing wrong? I am shooting on a Cannon 7d with a 24-70mm 2.8 lens, I also have a 70-200mm 2.8 lens. At the moment I am shooting with continuous light. Thanks

[@shadow479]

wow, great reflection technique on the logo

[@graphicspath2557]

Thank you, Very informative video tutorial. I enjoy it.

[@g41thomas]

Great Instructions... THANK YOU

[@ForrestTanaka]

Camera was a Canon 5D Mark II. Lens was a 70-200mm f/2.8.

[@nathanvasquez1978]

This tutorial is Inspiring, thank you sir!

[@philipmassey2309]

Great tutorial Thanks

[@tiffanykokal1683]

For perfectly square images, in which when you scroll over the product with a zoom tool, what is a standard resolution for highest quality, best zoom, but still quick so that people aren't waiting for the zoom feature to load? For example, how would you save a product photo such as the products shown on the Horchow website that zoom in? Does my question make sense? It's kind of hard to explain. Or is every image going to be different?

[@dctmfoo]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks

[@markaiwa]

I learnt a lot from this - thank you, excellent tutorial.

[@TheHerdrin]

thank you for your good teaching！

[@Erkutzip]

Great tutorial.. Which camera and lens did you use?

[@ForrestTanaka]

It’s called Paper from FiftyThree. Free to get one pen, but you have to in-app pay to get other drawing tools.

[@montyfacker]

wow. I this was really informative. Thank you so much =) cheers from Norway

[@jasminebody9067]

Great tutorial!

[@andrewgerardphotography]

thanks for this ! great info. Fantastic image.

[@Young_Whiz_Talks_SG]

awesome......