Karl Taylor's High-End Product Shoot - Made Easy!
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
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This type of shot is normally considered complex because of the interaction of light with liquid and glass. I run you through this studio bottle shoot step-by-step and reveal some professional tips for achieving this type of image.
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Years later and this is still one of the greatest product photography tutorials ever.
Agreed! And featuring one of my favorite products, The Balvenie Doublewood.
Agreed 💯
Indeed!
I'll drink to that!
A couple of people keep coming up with the same comment so here's an explanation: - There were no constant lights used for the actual photos. All studio 'flash' lights have what is called a 'modelling lamp' that is on all the time to let you see what you are doing and the effect of the light. Based on the camera settings these lights have no effect on the picture. When you push the camera button the flashes fire and that's what makes the picture. You may not see the flash every time in the video because the video frame rate doesn't always pick it up. But you can hear the flash go off every time. Cheers Karl.
I guess I was (yet another) person with the same comment that prompted your response. Now I'm confused by your response. I don't understand. I don't understand at all. "You may not see the flash every time in the video because the video frame rate doesn't always pick it up". Actually I do see the flash fire every time, and I'm confused that you're using a flash, when you've got all of those lights set up.
stegokitty The burst of flash comes out of all of those lights that are set up. All of those lights that are set up also have a continuous light source so you can see what you are doing and figure out what your flash is going to look like. We don't use the continuous light (they are called modelling lights) as they are not as clean, pure or as powerful as the burst of light from the flash that makes the picture. The continuous light has no effect on the picture, based on the camera setting the continuous light doesn't even show up in the picture only the flash light is recorded to make the picture.
***** Okay,so are you saying that all of the lights you set up are synched to the camera, so that they put out an extra burst of light when the shutter release is activated, and then go back to their normal state?
stegokitty Yes you got it!
+Karl Taylor Please!!! Where can I find the black plexiglass/perspex? I can't seem too find it anywhere at all I live in USA thanks!!!
Hidden reflective gold cards ! Genius idea !
Anyone know the easiest place to source these?
Try craft/art supply stores. US, Michaels & such.
This type pf informative videos can be rarely found on youtube
Thank you
WOW! This is awesome! I would have never guessed the setup looked like that. Very impressive sir. I need to watch more of your videos. You are very inspiring and take the time to show things nicely!
Karl, you are amazing and such a nice guy sharing all this stuff with us. Thank you very much!
I love learning from Karl, this series and these photographers are treasures
What I appreciate about your work Karl is how detail oriented your are with your photography. How methodical and calculated you are in composition. I'm trying to train myself to be more patient and thoughtful in my composition and photography. Thank you for sharing this. Blessings.
Every time when i watch your videos, i feel pretty much confident of achieving something very potential. Yes i mean it honestly ❤️❤️Thanks Karl
I have watched many tutorials with product photography, but this one is the best so far! so much inside/detail information!
keep on doing that Karl!
p.s. the whisky is awesome!
Thanks for taking the time to make such an amazingly detailed video. You can learn a lot about the properties of light even if you aren't interested in photography.
Karl , I think I've found the best tutorials on youtube about photography, thank you very much for sharing with passion and humility your knowledge , it is very difficult to find something like this for free , when I have money I will inscribe one of your workshops , greetings from Mexico .
This is one of the most informative and helpful videos I've seen. No fancy lingo or jargon. Just a simple breakdown. Thank you.
Excellent tutorial video. I was looking to do the same for a product, but in video instead of photography. You kept me here for 16 min. You Sr. are a truly professional!
Thank you for the great incite. Its the little touches that you show that most people would over look when trying to create a shot like this that make this tutorial great. I will definitely be getting your series.
I've been taking photos of bottles for over 10 years (and getting better each year I hope!) but I still enjoy watching videos like this. I first saw this one years ago and it was one that helped me learn. What I love about this one in particular is the aim to do as much as possible in camera with a single shot rather than taking 50 different pics and comping them all. There's a time and place for some comping of course - product photography is about the final image not just the process - but too many photographers take too many photos and that tends to end up with a fake looking pic, not to mention the extra time. Nothing beats the satisfaction and the 'natural' look of a well-thought out and well-lit (almost) single shot! Nice one Karl.
This is awesome advice ! Ithought I knew what you were up to until you revealed those two tiny cut-out golden reflectors behind the bottle and the tumbler. Makes such a difference. Good job, and a lot of inspiration,Thanks, mate.
Karl Taylor = A strikingly amazing artist and tutor (since always)!
I really appreciate that you put so much work and effort in this tutorial just to show us how it's done right!
I really appreciated this video. It's very enjoyable to see the thought and techniques that go into getting fine results.
This video is wonderful, and the way you explain everything, man, it's just perfect. Thank you very much.
Fantastic video, amazing this content is available to anyone. As someone who often shoots whisky bottles (poorly), I may need to adopt this setup!
Thanks again for putting this out and especially for showing the differences live as the lights were moved / removed / etc
Karl, great video and a simple and clear breakdown of how to achieve amazing results.
This was by far the most informative and professional Video about product photography I have seen on youtube today. Great work, and I think I am thirsty now ;)
That Hasselblad is just the "=" button of a calculator when you do a calculation, which in this case is planning, organizing and being patient and above all enjoying the process. Thank you very much for sharing.
karl, it was AWESOME to watch this. Well done the video and how you decompose all. Thanks.
In fact you're right Karl. I have your pro series 'product and still life photography training DVDs' and i can say that this video is indeed a tiny fraction of what your quality videos are about.
Great Work Karl. Thank You
Great work. I didn't realize how much was involved in getting a shot like that.
One of the best demonstration videos i've seen. Great job.
thank you really helpful for the product photographers, your lighting technique classes are amazing man
Karl, got to hand it to you mate this is absolutely fantastic. One of the few guys on youtube willing to put his money where his mouth is. Tempted to sign up to learn things like this, these sort of areas are hard to get into and I am wowed by this final image, I've also subscribed. Thank you.
Wow this is an awesome tutorial. I would have never thought of using techniques like putting cardboard behind the bottle and shining a light on the backdrop. Well done...
Thanks to this short tutorial I was finally able to shoot my bottle of Hennessy Paradis with a spectacular result. I can't thank you enough.
+ Karl Taylor this is an awesome setup, we tried it last year making a Christmas card which had a snow globe in it and we used it to light the snow globe and composite it back into the main picture. (of course we use white acrylic, silver card reflectors instead of gold and put a blue-ish tint on them as well for a colder look), the employees loved those cards!
Thanks for the sharing, this is outstanding, I liked the way you used to take all the setup off to demonstrate us how things work, I've really appreciated that! Greetings from France
Super excellent step by step tutorial for product shots. I really impressed and appreciate your efforts.
This tutorial is great, thank you! Managed to get some really nice pictures thanks to this tutorial. Good job.
Thank you, Karl for this amazing lesson! Much appreciated
Fantastic video! Tried it today with two flashes and umbrellas and paper in front for extra diffusion. Worked great.
WOW Karl, it was AWESOME to watch this video. You're a great teacher with lots of patients in you and your girl assistant .Goood job by the person who has covered this video.This is an excellent tutorial :) Keep it up guys:) I wish to see you all in an another good tutorial :)
Thanks for making and sharing this great tutorial video.
The secret from the cut-out shape of the bottle is great!
Karl you are my hero, I really love how you do your videos and live how you talk! :)
Complicated scenario made easy and explained very well.
Love it! Awesome! thanks for the video!
I agree great teacher, patient, and a great assistant. Very informative!
Many thanks Karl for giving me the link to this video. Good to see that reflector cards are still in regular use.
You say "This isn't magic, you know. This is basically physics, science, mixed with a bit of art". How very wise and true that is.
Omg Im so happy I came across your Channel unlike a lot of youtubers you have been able to keep my attention for longer than a 1 minute attention span lol. Your videos are very detailed and it gives me a hands on classroom feel to your work.
Who Shot Ya Photography Studios lol are you a biggie smalls fan? Or is that name a coincidence?
This is like the pure science of creativity. Good stuff!
pretty awesome! Although im not really a photographer, im more of a retoucher i still enjoy watching photoshoots. Sometimes they help me with lighting issues or how to address them. good job karl!
great tutorial and flawless execution! Every one of your videos I have watched has taught me something... ladies and gentlemen take notes, Karl Taylor is pulling the curtain waaay back for you to see the secrets of the industry...
The best explanation of product photography on RUclips. I am an old Art Center College of Design grad and used to shoot this stuff with 4x5 and film. Just one tip always use Dustoff before shooting on a black surface.
Update to my last post. I've spent another 12 hours dialing in this shot. I absolutely nailed it. Beautiful. I added a blue filter for the horizon and wow the picture just jumps out! It's clear to me now that knowing how to set up for this shot and actually having the knowledge to produce the image are two completely different things. I couldn't figure out how you got the neck light so I used my own method and comped it in separate from the wrapper. Thank again Karl, you're a great teacher and I appreciate your sharing it!
Am a big fan of you work. Thanks for sharing you knowledge. Even I wanna be in product photography. And I'm glad I found you videos. Thanks.
A beautiful combination of artistic sensibility,imagination, and technical expertise. Really impressive. I am only an amateur who shoots outside above the ocean, normally at night or in storms. But recently, I tried to shoot some tall flowers in a tall, clear glass vase. Hard to do in a darkened space.
Hi Karl, great break down. I actually do my product shots in 3D but the tips you gave me, I can implement to create a more acurate result. I didn't know about the reflector panels behind the bottle. So I was getting "hollow" bottles. Thanks a bunch
Karl, you are the King. Well done!!
This is one of the best videos I have seen in a while, thank you so much for sharing.
Awesome!! Great teacher. This is good for a store, hobbyist, or contract work. Thanks.
Karl - this video is FANTASTIC! BIG thank you!!! You Are The Best!
A nice presentation with detail of light. Thanks Karl.
Very very helpful. Really learned alot, and answered my questions to the key in lighting with liquids and glass.
Excellent, stunning, perfect. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks karl for this free video, I have all you training DVDs apart from this 1 & your new fashionscape DVD but as soon as I have the money I'll be ordering them. Can't believe thanks to you just how much better & creative my photography has got.
you are an excellent teacher, awesome as simple and complete explanation
That was incredible! Thank you so much for sharing it!
Lots of videos I do watch. This is the second or third time for this one. Repetition is a good thing when doing good things and watching good things, and this video has been and is a good thing. I usually re-watch to allow Myself to assimilate that of which I did not recognize as important until I learned something previously by attempting to implementing some said suggested practice.
A simple note to all is that My Daughter and I, both loving the learning of photography, are using the tools We have to and in whatever way that We can and that is necessary. Today it is a sub-hundred dollar flash and a light stand that is questionably stable as used in practice. What We both know is that the goal is a tomorrow four or five years down the road. Using what We now have to the maximum, with the guidance of those such as Karl Taylor, will make the "tomorrow's" equipment more valuable than any price paid. Photography, like being an Industrial Maintenance Mechanic, is based heavily in physics and the scientific process though it is more than never called a science. However, in practice, photography and Industrial Maintenance (as well as some other jobs) are totally always dependent on science.
Karl, that was great lighting creativity. Nice soft touch with the sketch paper and glass table. . Very interesting, thanks.
Absolutely brilliant work! Thanks Mr Taylor…
Extraordinay results, i will try to achieve the nearest result posible with my humble equipment, your videos really challenge me to keep learning and trying. Thanks a lot!
Hi Karl, just wanted to say thank you. Really great demonstration.
Excelente video! Muy bien explicado! Mil gracias Amigo Karl por compartir tan grandes conocimientos! Saludos desde México 😊👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Really Great stuff, Loved the way you explained the each aspect of lighting.
Way to go.
Great work. Thanks for sharing.
I m portrait photographer but new to product photography. I must say, your lighting is so professional. thanks for sharing
I really enjoyed this Karl, thanks for sharing.
I cannot believe I have not bumped into you yet!
p.s. It's David Gilliver here by the way. I just realised you would not have a clue from seeing that last comment...
This is, as all Kar's stuff is, fantastic. People complaining about this and that - maybe come back when you are able to understand a few things more clearly. AND that is not at all a knock. This stuff takes time to grasp. I know in modern society everyone wants everything done yesterday, including learning photography and the high end post processing.
Take your time and you will get there!!
GREAT JOB KARL!
I'm viewing this video in December 2020 and find it VERY informative. The fact that basics of light science and the manipulation of light combined with artistic vision will NEVER cease to be relevant. Thank you so very much for sharing your expertise. It's very much appreciated.
Thank you
I loved this tutorial. It was very informative, concise and right on it. If you have very little knowledge about photography, especially lighting, This tut. could get intimidating. Great clear video.
best video on product photography and light I've seen on youtube
Thank you for the video, very instructive and professional, beautiful photo effect, I just discovering the beauty in photography, greetings from Lima - Peru !
Fantastic tutorial. One of the best that I've seen
Some great content here and all steps shown without hiding anything!
Good science photography. There so much to understand in photography.
Thanks Kar.
Amazing video!!! Thank you sooo much for it, it was very helpfull! And this stuff with gold reflectors behind the bottle and the glass, hah, so simple and cool hack!
Brilliant mate. Superb lighting!
This video is pure gold thanks for sharing
Brilliant tutorial. Thank you for imparting your knowledge.
This was actually very revealing! I was truly stunned about those little cut out reflectors and they turn out to be crucial! Hah! You gave me a genuine "holy crap!" moment :)
Outstanding video. I really loved watching the steps to solve various issues/needs.
Thank you Matt
This has been so beneficial i can't tell you ! Brilliant brilliant work 👏
Glad it was helpful!
Really Mesmerized. No words to say. You are great sir.
Thanks
This is the most comprehensive breakdown of studio lighting i've come across on YT. The cover picture of the final shot caught my eye right away as I was browsing similar topics... I'm glad I clicked the video. I don't know how it has 29 dislikes... probably from other jealous photographers :P
An excellent vid. If I was going into Photography as a career (or even thinking about it) I would sign up for his classes!
Your training must be awesome. This video is awesome. Appreciate it!
Very nicely done. When I was filming some instructional videos for a blacksmith, he asked if I could take some still pictures of his work to be entered for a publication. One item was a Damascus knife. I dabble in photography and said I would try. A Damascus knife is mirror like with lots of mirror swirls in the steel. It took 2 hours of moving my amateur equipment around and holding a bounce card to get the right shot. Point is, you can have all the expensive equipment you want, but in 15 minutes a pro like you can show you how to use it.
Ohhh Man, fantástic work, congratulations !!! Very good
Like the tip about those little reflectors behind glass object. The idea is simple but I guess saves problems with reflections in the bottle which act as lens to
OMG you are a life saver. Stressing about a shoot I have been challenged with for a Whisky company. Many thanks
hi babe
I just love you Sir, for such informative videos.
Brilliant overview - super helpful, thanks. And The Balvenie is declicious!
Too amazing! I need to try this out. Thanks.
I love those reflectors behind the liquid. Took a studio photography class in high school and there was always something new to learn with photographing glass. Very helpful video :)
Truly stunning final image !