How to Photograph a Perfume Bottle - Deluxe Version

[@botvidsson]

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[@CharlesSweigart]

The feat of envisioning and creating a very complex staging set up and then finding the proper placement and intensity of the lights to obtain the desired image shows your willingness to complete a very intricate project. And then you also seek to record the effort and produce a multi scene and edited video to record the full progression of the production, all without a crew of assistants. Many thanks for sharing your numerous talents. You are an awesome instructor.

[@botvidsson]

Charles. Wow. Your comment means more to me then you can imagine. Thanks a million!

[@erkbdm4123]

You're the only one professional photographer in EU, who share (for free), your time and your skills, to help people's inprovement at this level. Not only a brilliant professional. Humanly as well man 👏🏻. Cheers from 🇫🇷.

[@botvidsson]

Very very kind words Eric. Thanks!

[@lifeofapotato4595]

Dude, this is like Bob Ross' video about photography and with a glass of coffee

[@botvidsson]

Hehe, thanks!

[@idrismansoor6462]

Lol exactly what I was thinking. Brilliant.

[@Justas49]

Awesome, awesome, awesome image and tutorial. Thank You!

[@botvidsson]

Happy to hear that. You're very welcome!

[@zsombee11]

- Martin, how many light stands do you own? - All of them! Awesome work and great tutorial, as always!

[@botvidsson]

Haa! But I could have used more 😁

[@jakeysea]

you're so awesome. my god. i've doubted myself for so long, but when i watch you shoot, it makes me think i need to trust myself more. do the stuff that i love and keep doing it to get better. thank you.

[@botvidsson]

Fantastic! Yes, don't doubt yourself, it's more about patience to take good photos. Testing and testing until you're happy. Go for it!

[@Hongs.average]

@@botvidsson Love this->"it's more about patience to take good photos. Testing and testing until you're happy"

[@chrissharples6542]

I fell down a KZbin rabbit hole looking for product photography inspiration a few days ago. I found a video of you showing what I was wanting to know. At first I was thinking, "this video could be half the run time if he cut out most of his ramblings". Now this isn't a dig at you, so, all the hater's of this comment, get back down. Anyway, I proceeded to watch a few more of your videos and realised that the way you talk, take your time, explain very well is actually what makes these videos of yours very, very good. The run times are pretty much perfect. You are the Bob Ross of product photography. I think that is the highest accolade I could give anyone. keep up with the musings and ramblings. Great work.

[@botvidsson]

Thanks glad to hear. The videos are always around 1h and I cut them down to 10-20 minutes... 😁 One day I might start doing scripted videos.

[@howarddesigngroup3186]

I truly have learned so much from you over the past few months of watching your videos. Thank you!

[@botvidsson]

You are so welcome!

[@caiolourencosilva2422]

highly underrated tutorial, so much knowledge and teaching skills...

[@botvidsson]

Glad you think so! Thanks!

[@shawkeen_admi]

Loved it. Thank you so very much for sharing.

[@botvidsson]

You're very welcome!

[@sunilchitolie6771]

Loving the new "STEPS". helps with coordination and organization well done

[@botvidsson]

Great to hear!

[@chad.westover]

Lot's of folks can take a great photo OR make a great tutorial. You consistently do both at the same time. Thank you!

[@botvidsson]

Very very kind, thanks!

[@JoeCosentino]

Love it. “I have news for you you're not” telling it like it is

[@botvidsson]

😁 Thanks!

[@iamrouxe]

I just found your channel, this is pretty relaxing in a weird way, what a new concept of a class

[@botvidsson]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@charlesmartinon8725]

Now we got steps and text incrustation for flashes, from the best to the very best still life man of KZbin !

[@botvidsson]

Thanks! 😁 Too kind!

[@bestfoodchannelever]

Your tutorials are so detailed and I feel like I traveled to Europe to learn in a fancy school 😄 thank you for this gem! Would like to learn more about food photography plz

[@botvidsson]

You're so welcome! Makes me very very happy to hear!

[@aidasv.3840]

You inspire me on every video, this is art

[@botvidsson]

thanks a lot

[@slavagalaka8830]

Great as always!!! Thank you)

[@botvidsson]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@HighmeLandscapes]

Very inspirational, we can see how much you love your work and how much passion you put in it.

[@botvidsson]

Thank you so much 😀

[@GiannisVeronis]

You are the absolute 'theoulis' :) what an amazing end result photo! This is how you distiguise the Pros from the hobists! I would love to take an interview of you about all this goodness that you share on your vids!

[@botvidsson]

Wow, thanks! Absolutely

[@RyanZulqudsie]

Boy, I learned A LOT from you. Thank you so much for this inspiring tutorial!!

[@botvidsson]

You are so welcome!

[@hipstertrout2865]

"Yes, that was photoshop" love it

[@botvidsson]

great!

[@georgyb.6866]

great final image!

[@botvidsson]

Thanks man

[@matthoffman6962]

This is dedication. I’ll tell you that much.

[@botvidsson]

I had to take a weeks holiday after this project... 😁😁😁 thanks

[@Joker1531993]

I know why i buying you a coffee ! :O

[@botvidsson]

Richard. I am very grateful for you kind support. You're amazing!

[@dennisle4246]

I'm glad I discovered your channel. It's very educational, I just purchased some studio lights and excited to try it out and learn. Thanks for showing us in detail how you work to get your final shot. I liked how you cut it back to yourself after photoshop lol.

[@botvidsson]

😁 Thanks! Good luck with the new gear, you will probably have a lot of fun.

[@husseinbinorj]

As always... a new piece of art💖💖💖

[@botvidsson]

Thank you so much 😀

[@martin-steiner-photography]

Such a nice forest you have down there! :D Love it, nice build up and great vid as always, thank you :)

[@botvidsson]

Thank you very much Martin!

[@GradeZfilm]

Thank you for that great tutorial. The photo is beautiful.

[@botvidsson]

You are so welcome! And thanks!

[@zacgrimaldo]

I felt like I was being taught by someone that does it in real life! I have interns that say it doesn't matter about the capture, it's what you do in post. I say show me that you know how to photograph it first, then you can do whatever you want after. Botvidsson, thanks for your mastery and your willingness to teach it! You showed that you took 660 frames in building up your shot...do you remember the good ol' Polaroid days?! LOL Much less the view camera days?!

[@botvidsson]

Thanks a lot Zac. Normally I do 99% in camera yes, it was just that red plant in the way, and I didn't want to move it 😁

[@zacgrimaldo]

@@botvidsson I hear you! I have moved a lot of things with tweezers in the past haha! Liked and subbed!

[@jeffreypolintan]

Thank you so much for sharing. Such and inspirational tutorial as always. Such a pleasure watching your vid props to you sir. 🙏🏽

[@botvidsson]

So nice of you

[@oliaye]

Great as always! Really pity that you forgot the fog machine, but also without a fantastic inspirational shot with a monster of a camera!!!!!

[@botvidsson]

Yes.. too much in my head... Thanks!

[@anthonydsouza1366]

Incredible. You are so brilliant Martin

[@botvidsson]

Very kind!

[@azadehjafari8664]

Great and useful as usual 👌 thanks

[@botvidsson]

Thanks!

[@hamedhatami4225]

you are awsome , i photography for 3 or 4 years , and i practice whit your videos , thank u ❤️

[@botvidsson]

That's awesome!

[@BrettCurrie]

Well thought out and excellently explained. You're a natural teacher! 👍

[@botvidsson]

Wow, thank you! Makes me very happy to hear.

[@ricardomejia7655]

Awesome work as always! A pleasure to watch your videos

[@botvidsson]

Thank you! Cheers Ricardo!

[@KeonHector]

Your voice is so convincing I subscribed without you asking and liked and comment.

[@botvidsson]

That's is super nice!!

[@Willem734]

Absolutely stunning Martin... The best Channel out there! Learned so much already since your first videos! The combo of expertise and a genius host, what a winner! Keep doing what u do, and thank u for sharing your knowledge, it really is a blessing to have this for the whole world to watch & learn. Btw, what track is that u put underneath, really liked that aswell! Thanks Martin & Stay safe!

[@botvidsson]

Wow, thanks. Really appreciate your kind words. The piano songs are like 4 tracks I found on soundstripe.com

[@Bangus56]

Thank you for the effort and you put in to this vid. Very helpful. For me, the sun did not work. Looked like a blown out light. But perhaps it was because I saw what is was during the vid and my perceptions were warped. I hope your client liked it. Thanks again.

[@botvidsson]

I forgot the smoke....

[@steveknobz]

Har sagt det förut och jag säger det igen - du är sjuk! :D Grym video och setup som resulterade i ett grymt bra foto!

[@botvidsson]

Haha, tack Stefan. Ps. När ska vi fota Tesla...

[@steveknobz]

@@botvidsson När du vill. Förslagsvis innan vinterdäcken åker på eller till våren när sommardäcken sätts på igen :)

[@Mo_Polis]

Love a good campfire! Really enjoyed your video.

[@botvidsson]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@MrMeadowfresh]

Enjoyed the video thank you. Dont get why anyone would dislike it...

[@botvidsson]

A lot of sad, lonely and bitter people out there. I just want to hug them and tell them all will be fine. Let's hope that one day they will get back on track in life.

[@ccudjoe89]

oh over 600 shots... i thought it was only me! 🤣🤣

[@botvidsson]

😁

[@tomp.7908]

as always, very inspiring.

[@botvidsson]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@rosekustoms]

“When you master the past, you are a scholar. When you master the present, you are a saint. When you master the future, you are MARTIN”

[@botvidsson]

Wow. That's too kind. Thanks!

[@WatchThatFirstStep]

Ok, so this was amazing.

[@botvidsson]

Glad you think so!

[@BahamutzAs]

BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@botvidsson]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@alexboettcher]

great video. keep forward with this style of making :)

[@botvidsson]

Thanks, will do!

[@trevorjames5171]

I'm looking forward to this Martin - thanks in advance. I have a beer ready to open . . . ;)

[@botvidsson]

Beer is nice... THANKS!

[@adisiklus9766]

inspiring as always Martin!

[@botvidsson]

Always!Thanks a lot!!

[@dhaneshsubu3969]

Just brilliant

[@botvidsson]

Thanks! 😁

[@schwarzmakromedia3951]

you are a true inspiration

[@botvidsson]

Very kind! Thanks!

[@leonelacevedo2017]

Wow! Awesome. Thanks

[@botvidsson]

Thank you too!

[@MrRichardBudd]

Sweet - love it Martin - well done you . I'm off for a milky coffee and sit down that inspires me. RB

[@botvidsson]

Thanks Richard! Now I also need to get a milky coffee even though it's very late.... 😁

[@theyetiinoz1478]

Thank you Martin, another inspiring video! Just out of interest, how big is your studio space? Do you find any limitations?

[@botvidsson]

It's actually my office and it's 26 square meters. Many times way to small for shooting, but it works. I'm constantly looking to find a studio that is around 50-60 square meters, then I would be happy. And the ceiling should be higher then I have, at least 3 meters.

[@theyetiinoz1478]

Thanks so much for your reply. I’m in the process of building a house with a 6x9m garage space with 2.7m ceilings, hopefully should be a good shooting space. You have been a genuine inspiration Martin, massive thanks for the work that you put in to your content, best of luck!

[@sinoq2476]

thanks for the informative video ( again :) )

[@botvidsson]

My pleasure!

[@vinceplatini]

Great lesson! Thank you!

[@botvidsson]

Glad you liked it!

[@abhinavsinha5105]

Loved the way you took us through the thinking process.

[@botvidsson]

Thanks a lot!

[@benharris3949]

*drinking process. Coffee first!

[@kigabuma]

Thanks for the video.

[@botvidsson]

You are welcome!

[@zoulhhh]

Mindblowing.

[@botvidsson]

👍🏽😁

[@erenaknc8104]

Dude! You are great!

[@botvidsson]

You are!

[@allpixphotographyandvideop8010]

Thnx I liked the concept and the look. I would suggest go further adding green to the shadows (at the branch) and more orange at the flare light. well done

[@botvidsson]

I hate green hue, I actually took it away. Sorry 😁 But thanks!

[@TheRishad786]

waitingggggg

[@botvidsson]

Soon my friend 😁

[@Hongs.average]

666 shots over 8 hours! Only passionate photographers who care quality know what that means. :) ... btw, I almost was thinking this is a composite with a stock background image but I also think you are the one that likes to build up a scene, here you are, it's a build up! Superb!

[@botvidsson]

Stock background would be too easy 😁 Thanks a lot!

[@toobo9272]

Hey Martin, thanks for your great content! Just one question about the Hasselblad H6D-400: At the end of the video you said that you forgot to make some haze in the background, but is it possible to make a multi shot picture with haze? I think you'll get some color shift between the shots.

[@botvidsson]

No it's not possible. Can't be any movement. That's what I realised and I should have shot at 100Mpix. But it was too late and also, I wanted to test 400Mpix. I guess I said "forgot", it was the most simple answer at the time. 😁

[@fishbarbeque8540]

SO nice!

[@botvidsson]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@marcography]

Will you consider having a episode for food photography inspiration like this one?

[@botvidsson]

Yes, I would love that. Hopefully sometime in a near future.

[@roobeshbalaji9282]

Hey sir, big fan of your work! I felt that reducing the highlight from the "sun" made the highlight on the bottle brighter, It made it look a bit off or unnatural maybe, what was the thought behind that? Other than that, the shot is absolutely amazing.

[@botvidsson]

Yes I changed my mind later, if you look at the thumbnail the highlight is brighter now.

[@roobeshbalaji9282]

@@botvidsson that's great!

[@ThomasT1980]

Bravo maestro!

[@botvidsson]

Muchas gracias! 😁

[@MIJANA55]

beautiful hard work, in my opinion, the idea of the sun is great, but the final look is eye catching and kind of drawing the attention.. some artifical lens flare overlay would do the job if not better....

[@botvidsson]

The plan was to have smoke/mist to let the "sun" shine through in a much softer way. I have added a few flares to "save" the shot a bit. Personally I don't mind that the eye goes to the "sun" and then via leading lines (the flares) taking the viewer to the main subject. Thanks Alaa.

[@MegaDogsBreakfast]

Great video Martin, I love the thought work-flow of this. How large was the final image file size?!

[@botvidsson]

After a bit of cropping 22107 x 16915 pixels so it's actually "only" 374megapixel 😁 Thanks!

[@gaovincent5562]

the best

[@botvidsson]

Thanks man!

[@user-id2bt6dy7g]

great!

[@botvidsson]

Thanks a lot!

[@sunilchitolie6771]

almost thought this was the interstellar theme :o

[@botvidsson]

Hans Zimmer... it's stock music. Means I did a good job searching music 😁

[@romainriviere4997]

Yeah ! Super funcky

[@botvidsson]

Thanks! 😁

[@Muscle_Code]

i like the BGM

[@botvidsson]

me too

[@adamnigro9182]

beautiful image and great video. But Martin, make your life easier on yourself and label your layers!!

[@botvidsson]

Yes I know but... very little time, all goes very fast

[@gaehwi_4328]

Leave a like before watch :)

[@botvidsson]

That’s the way to do it 😁

[@alexanderdharma9036]

OMGGG~~ thank you for making this videoooooo!!! i need this right nowww!!!! i have product photo project, i need new concept, and i dont know what to do! so helpful!

[@botvidsson]

You're so welcome!

[@desidobu7670]

How do you do your sound recording? Its Crystal clear....👍

[@botvidsson]

Thanks a lot. I use a lavaliere microphone. Sennheiser G3 kit. Then I just EQ and compress the sound in Premiere.

[@S6_YT]

amazing!

[@botvidsson]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@rodrigo_photography6742]

Hello friend, first of all I would like to congratulate you on your videos. I love them, I am from Barcelona, ​​Spain and I would like to ask a question? What is the name of this paper that you use in front of the light diffuser? thanks a big hug.

[@oussamamazouz7138]

I think Lee 216 diffusion

[@botvidsson]

The diffusion paper I use is Savage translum medium weight. You can find it in my Amazon shop, link under the video

[@brian5651]

Your videos are very calming to watch. Btw I have an issue accessing your website, seems very hard to load the page. Hope there is a solution.

[@botvidsson]

Thanks! Yes my website is a mess, but try now. I have now fewer photos in the portfolio

[@user-nz7dm4nb2z]

Thankyou so much for sharing！I want to reprint your video on the bilibili net to let more people know

[@botvidsson]

Please do! But only embed my video link. Not copy please.

[@adamnawrocki1703]

WOW :)

[@botvidsson]

Thanks

[@waawaaweewaa2045]

This is nice though I agree that you could have used some plants on the right side, also the foreground below and to the left of the armani bottle feels a bit muddy and unintelligible.

[@botvidsson]

I did add a green plant to the right in post. Now Im happy 😃

[@waawaaweewaa2045]

@@botvidsson Your portfolio is great, I dig your style of showing more of the environment in product shots.

[@TajinderSinghjosan]

YOU DO THAT HARD JOB ON YOUR BEHALF AND THEN NEXT DAY CLINT SAID >>> aaaa ...... Can we do something else its good but need a little bit else.... ANYBODY knows the pain ....

[@botvidsson]

Yeah, something just dies inside... :)

[@Pentax67]

Use large format , that’s the best quality available on earth with nearly 2000Mp :)

[@botvidsson]

The old school way, it's always the best... or?

[@v_stands_for_value124]

For what? A 20x10 meter print?

[@RoseAlpha11]

Is it ok to have dimmer sun to brighter perfume bottle?

[@botvidsson]

"dimmer sun"? tell me more...

[@RoseAlpha11]

@@botvidsson the backlight with cto gel looks dimmer than the perfume bottle(in the final photo). Is it okay to have brighter subject than the light source?

[@botvidsson]

Well, there's no rules really. I just felt the back light was a bit too powerful so I turned it down a bit in Photoshop. The original plan was to use smoke at the back so the back light would be dimmed down a lot... but I forgot 😁

[@bestfoodchannelever]

Subbed & Belled

[@botvidsson]

Fantastic!!

[@truongthuattuong5480]

Tuyệt

[@botvidsson]

Thanks

[@theblackpearlinspiredstories]

Bro I love you I wish ur house is just next door

[@botvidsson]

Thanks man! 😃

[@theblackpearlinspiredstories]

@@botvidsson keep up the amazing work we love you

[@botvidsson]

@@theblackpearlinspiredstories You’re too kind - thanks

[@MegaEpstein]

I have no idea why not to use CGI in this case

[@botvidsson]

Tell me more!

[@differentview4836]

because it can be more time consuming and more expensive

[@colibristudio3936]

@@differentview4836 wouldnt agree, if you have 3d models for that field, it can really be matter of 3-4 hours.

[@itsbenniblack6941]

Because this is an art! I can make a painting in photoshop does that make every painters time and skill useless? No... no it doesn’t.

[@sirajulmonir8421]

I Am Confused! Am I Watching Move or Photography Tutorial?

[@botvidsson]

Tell me more!?

[@sirajulmonir8421]

@@botvidsson Your Teaching Process and presentation Is Awesome. I got new idea about photography. Indeed I enjoy Your Tutorial very Much.

[@botvidsson]

Very happy to hear that. Thanks a lot!

[@anamartinuzzi7317]

music name??

[@botvidsson]

Artist: Alice in winter shared-assets.adobe.com/link/89f5318c-a737-4133-47d4-c3779063b6a3 Music I get from soundstripe.com?fpr=botvidsson

[@nickhill3868]

Red and Green are discordant rather than complimentary

[@botvidsson]

Nope

[@nickhill3868]

@@botvidsson Yes

[@nickhill3868]

@@botvidsson if you place a red and green coloured panel next to each other of a similar tone they will fight each other rather than compliment, it's important to separate the tonal value to allow them to be complimentary

[@botvidsson]

And I think I did

[@nickhill3868]

@@botvidsson so you said they are discordant?

[@hebili1277]

55555555555 I LOVE YOU！！！！

[@botvidsson]

😁

[@Adoro.Pro.]

3 Days to find the props , 1 Full day to adjust the props, 1 day to adjust the lights, 10K actions and 50 layers later... "That wasn't that hard. Was it ?" Hahaha

[@botvidsson]

easy peasy! 😁😁😁

[@Adoro.Pro.]

@@botvidsson Maybe you have a quick video on jewelry, rings and bracelets in your archive )) I need to learn it till Sunday)

[@botvidsson]

@@Adoro.Pro. The only thing I don't have on my channel unfortunately

[@Adoro.Pro.]

@@botvidsson Sounds like an opportunity for content)

[@botvidsson]

I know 😁 one day!