Product Photography

ART X 486.55

In this hands-on class, students learn product photography for commercial and fine art applications through lectures, demos, and targeted projects.

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What you can learn

Select between hard and soft light sources
Setup and use speedlights, strobes with a variety of lighting modifiers for product photography
Respond to reflective and matte textured surfaces
Light translucent objects which include glass
Shape light to desired effect
Creating depth between product and background

About this course:

In this hands-on class, students learn product photography for commercial and fine art applications through lectures, demos, and targeted projects. Topics include composition, metering, exposure, lighting, lens, environment, background, and color. Students will practice lighting a variety of shapes and forms to control the appearance of reflection, texture, and shadow, as well as use of continuous flash and natural light sources with bounces and reflectors. Assignments will cover compositing in Photoshop and refining images in Lightroom. Each week students will be responsible for constructing and correcting in-class product photographs, and will complete a series of self-directed projects.