How to Photograph Big Products (part one)
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A series teaching you the basics of shooting larger products and putting them on a white background. This is part one which will teach you lighting and camera settings. To find out more visit www.seantucker.photography
Part Two showing you how to cut the product out onto a white background and add a drop shadow is here:
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Part Three showing you how to recolour your product is here:
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I love that you use a Mark 2. The quality of your work is inspiring and it really halts the gear hype so many (including myself) obsess over. Sincere respect.
So glad to have found this for larger products. Really helpful, especially specifiying the lens, settings and camera used. Thank you for the cheaper alternative lights add on too, indispensable.
You are so inspirational. I am now going to watch every single video on your channel, starting with this one. Thank you!
Right to the point, straight forward, thanks a lot for this video even after all those years.
Such a terrific tutorial and has opened up for me new possibilities/opportunities in a clear and enjoyable tutorial. Thanks, Sean.
you are so good at tutorials! Thank you!! I'm now excited and feel prepared to shoot furniture next week :)
I like the way you started with one light..and on to the next . .. thanks a lot .your content still lives
Thanks Sean! This is brilliant! Very straightforward extremely useful! Keep up the great work!
Thank you for doing these tutorials! Simply priceless!
Great video Sean! Thank you!
Thanks Sean, for taking time and effort to teach me something!!!!
Great video Sean, Thank you for the info!!! i´m looking forward for the next one too!
Great tutorial. Very detailed and explained clearly. Much appreciated.
Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial, it is extremely helpful.
You are my Guru forever now , I have my first furniture shoot tomorrow which I got today and I have no idea how I will manage as I am just a beginner still trying to capture those birds eye , and here I see , something very amazing the way you explained each bit of it , very humbly and sincerely....You became my idol .... I have learned many things from your 13.34 seconds video ,camera light frame .....
Thank you so much
I kept looking at your hard working eyes ....
so helpful - starting out doing photography and just got a furniture shot which this has helped me so much
All of this information was so helpful!! I dont do A LOT of product photography but this will be super helpful for me!
I had been looking for something like this for a while, brilliant tutorial, perfectly explained. Thanks!
This is by far the best insightful and helpful video of product photography on youtube. It would be great if you could make more on product photography.
I know you have had years of experience but you make it look so easy Sean. Nice one
This is the best product photography video I’ve seen yet
wow, this is a gem. Thank you!
I'm starting at photography, and my family owns a small furniture factory.
My intention is to gather knowledge to take good pictures of the products.
That was a great lesson and it will hell a lot.
Many thanks!!
What is the name of the furniture company? Are you located in High Point? My family owns a small furniture retail store and I have the same goal as you! Cheers!
Great guy, great wisdom. Thx and be happy🙏🏻
Thank you so much for this tutorial. It is priceless. 😍
Very nicely explained Sean.
Very good tutorial, I find your teaching process very clear. I am impressed to see that we work in a very similar way and that we have the same equipment! I must confess that you are a level above me ...
Personally I never close the diaphragm beyond what is necessary to obtain the necessary depth of field because I am afraid of the loss of sharpness related to the difraction at the edge of the diaphragm (Airy disc). What do you think about it ?
Excellent tutorial Sean!
this is great. thank you so much.
Hi Sean. Amazing content, thanks for all your hard work. I am an Upholsterer and am looking to buy a backdrop( large white preferably 3m wide if possible) and some lighting. Is there any you would recommend as an entry level? Thanks Sean
Excellent. I would enjoy seeing you share more about product photography. The tools, techniques, the business? Thank you.
I have decided to start at the very start. Lots of information. Thanks
Thanks for this great tutorial man! awesome!
Excellent. Clear, straight-forward information.
Thank you so much for this tutorial Mr Sean.. I wanted to ask what is the make of those lights and some specifications please.
Hi Sean, great tutorial! Would there be any difference in setup or camera settings if using continuous lighting instead of strobes/speedlights?
A very useful video series, thank you.
This video is excellent and exactly the tutorial I was looking for.
This has been the most helpful tutorial and the explanations have been great. Thank you!
Seriously. Super helpful. Thank you! And it's been 4 years since this upload! Bless high quality content.
I've just subscribed to your channel. Whenever I do so, which is not often because I don't what to receive a tone of notifications and I always prefer quality over quantity (actually I dislike quantity), I always read the "About" section after the few first videos hooked me.
This is the first time I do this, but you asked for. Your description of your channel is meaningful. It confirms the impression you give through your talk and statements. I like it. I agree with it. I decided that you'll be one of my teachers.
Another thing I always do when I subscribe to a channel is to watch the entire content from the oldest video to the news in a chronological order even if the latest one is actually about what I'm looking for. Patience and the will to come to know you and your RUclips progress will make me wait to be updated. It's actually an exquise feeling.
Starting my Sean Tucker journey NOW. Thank you.
Thanks mate. That’s quite an investment:) Good luck.
Wonderful tips, thank you so much
Great tutorial Sean
Very great video, watching it for the 3rd time!
Hi Sean, nice tutorial. I'd just want to mention one Achilles Heel that you had here by placing the gray card ON your product. It will immediately gain the color cast of the fabric. So you'd need to place it by itself in the live shooting area sans product. Other wise good video, and thanks for taking the time to make these videos.
Thanks that's a really helpful and detailed video. Just wondering if you got any tips on shooting products like ceiling lights and chandeliers?
Thank you Sean!
That was really an amazing videos
Things u explained were amazing and really helpful
Lovely tips, keep up the good job
I just discovered my love of photography in 2020, and have consistently came back to you during my quest for knowledge.. This video is 6 years old at the time of this comment, but the information within is timeless. Thank you 😎
Amazingly clear explanation Sean!...What are the sizes and model spec
of softboxes used in the video?
great tutorial....many thanks..!
Brilliant video, thank you!
Very useful video! Thank you!
This was very helpful!
Wow, Thank you for all this wonderful information, as a furniture & interior designer always looking to improve my photo shoot skills!!
Can i ask what camera you use or you'd recommend for someone who shoots photos of furniture (large) products INSIDE homes and uses video to film parts of the build process of the pieces inside his garage? Dont care about zoom, but do like "blury background" depth of field, auto focus and something easy to use wold be nice
Hey Sean, thanks for making the video! I have been having an issue as a lot of the products I am starting to shoot are large very reflective objects (TVs and american fridges). Reflections are a huge issue as you can imagine! Any ideas that could help?
Thanks Peter
Thank you so much
Thank you very much for share this helpful video
Brilliant!
fantastic video thanks
Hello Sean.Great tutorials you have there,they helped me a lot aswell.I'm also new to this and would like some basic info about the backdrop backround,i want to shoot mattresses and maybe beds in the future,so basicelly i need a whitesheet or a white backdrop wider than 2.5 meters.Do you know where could i get that equipment(what kind of material should i get for this kind of photography and how much width do i need for a mattress that it's length is around 2 meters long so i can shoot it vertically?).
Hi Sean, good tutorial! My product is Indoor LED Display Board. How to make photography for that?
Thanks for video.
Great video, thanks
Hi Sean, great tutorial! If I see it right your camera is tilted slightly downwards. Is it preferable to always do this instead of lowering the tripod on the same level as the product?
Great video !!
Good one!
Excellent!
Thank you!!
Great video, thanks a lot.
This is incredible. How would you shoot a door with no overhead light?
Very well explained.
Thank you very helpful
Great vid thanks
thank you very much .
awesome video!
very nice and helpful , Thanks
Thanks for the video
That's helps a lot, for rendering
Thanks!
amazing tutorial!! thank you
Hey Sean, Great video, really helpful. any chance to gets more like this. Maybe tutorial how to shoot small objects ex. bottle, vegetable or fruit, candles etc. Will be very appreciate.
Glad you enjoyed it. There is a load out there on small product photography. Check out Photigy. He's great.
Hi Sean,
Very helpful video. I use a Panasonic G9 (M43) camera @ 20.3 MP. The pictures I am planning to take will be used for printed commercial brochures. I plan to have a subcontractor do the editing. The main lense I am planning to use is a 14-140mm f3.5-5.6. Do you think this camera / lense combo can produce accepetable results given that I follow your lighting instructions and guidelines? I will also be looking at purchasing the lighting equipment. Can you make any recommendations for this as well? Thank you
Hi can you do a video on photographing beside lamp home furnishing poduct
Can you recommend a great speed light / kit?
thanks alot
Very good video.
Hi Sean, I can't thank you enough for making this video! It's helped me immensely and likely prevented loads of headaches. Wondering if you have any tips in addition to this tutorial for shooting furniture without a seamless? I always default to using a white seamless to avoid colored reflections and allow for clean cutouts, but I know some of my clients prefer the context of a more "real" setting, like wood floors. Any advice you have would be GREATLY appreciated!!
Thanks Jessica. Contextual photography is a different bag really. It stops being studio photography (unless you're shooting in a room set) and becomes lifestyle photography. So I would approach it like shooting a person in a location. Assess the ambient light and then work out how you want to accent your product with additional lighting. Some rooms already have great light and you'll just need a reflector or two to fill shadows a bit, once you've found the spot where the light is already singing. Best of luck and glad to be of help.
You're the best. Thanks for the suggestions!
Great video.
I have an opinion.
I think your ambient light will come from strobes lighting. When they fire, lightings will light up the room then bounce again to object. To get non ambient light interfere product lighting is to cover the room with all white or black wall color paint. Thanks. :)
could you make video for architectural photography???
What would you recommend for a quality and a budget white backdrop for these large items? I'm needing a backdrop about 15 ft x 24 ft
Nice video :)
Perfect
Hey Sean. Great video. On question though what size soft box would you recommend for the overhead light if shooting large furniture like 9ft wide sofas
As big as possible. If you can fit a large 1.5m x 1.5m softbox on a boom, that would work, otherwise it may be time to hang a couple of lights about a scrim (shoot through diffusion material) to create a large light source.
Hey Sean,
Wonderful tutorials! Super detailed and thorough! absolutely invaluable!! - you've really helped me build my confidence and put all the pieces i've read together, succinctly! I am just about to buy my studio kit and was wondering if you could throw your two cents in as I really want to ensure I am buying the necessary.
I will be shooting mostly table-top homeware and some larger furniture pieces such as chairs, coffee tables.. Right now i'm torn between two things. I am considering two rectangular soft box strobes (sides) and one octagonal soft box strobe for the top.
1) Should I consider two speed lights to kill the shadows on my background and minimize post-processing work (no-need to cut-out etc..)?
2) How much wattage would suffice for my strobes? The kits I am looking for are either 300w (x2), with the addition of the over-head (300w) or 600w (x2) with the additional over-head..
Hi mate. 300w should be fine as long as you can kill the rest of the light in the room so you're not battling with bright ambient light, like sun coming in through a window. You will probably find that you will still need to cut out your images though. Unless you are using a white reflective floor (in which case you'll have a reflection underneath instead of a drop shadow) the you may blow the background white but you won't blow the floor white without over exposing the product.
Really love your videos mate, they're amazing.
But I do think you're wrong about your flash sync settings.
I am quite sure that the Canon 5D Mark II has a flash sync of 1/200.
It doesn't matter, I'm just an arse
I have 5,6feet products,plz tell me how to set lightings,those are reflective products,plz help
Hey! I'm new to product photography so this may sound like a stupid question but, are you supposed to rotate the object or to change the camera position when you wan't to shoot from a different angle?
+SuperSmaug you could love the product but then you'd have to move the lighting with it. Easier to just move the camera position.
if i can ask - when you say 'speed light' are you talking about using a second flash? thanks so much. your work looks great!
hotdogagua I just mentioned 'speed lights' as a cheaper option if you can't afford studio strobes. It's just a short hand term for the small, battery-powered flashes produced by Canon, Nikon and 3rd party producers like Yongnuo etc. Hope that clarifies. I think it's just a terminology thing.
I am a bit confused. I am new to product photography. I see the lights you are using when on seem to be continuous lighting but there is a flash, are they also strobes?