Tabletop Product Photography

Don Giannatti returns for a special workshop on tabletop product photography. Don starts with an introduction to tabletop lighting - tools, scrims, DIY gear - and how to organize your shoot around a tabletop to bring everyone up to speed. Then Don will teach you the basic concepts of Tabletop Product Photography. Finally Don will ramp up to more advanced topics adding extras such as kicker lights, snoots, and grids that can bring your work up a notch.

• Class Introduction
• Basic Tabletop Photography
• Basic Tabletop Q&A
• More Basic Tabletop Photography
• Lighting Setups and Implementation
• Building Simple Tools
• Why Tabletop Photography?
• Product vs. Still Life
• Product vs. Still Life Q&A
• Basic Tabletop Setup and Gear
• Setup and Gear Q&A
• Lighting Considerations
• General Q&A
• Shoot: Wine Bottles
• Shoot: Jewelry Part I
• Shoot: Jewelry Part II
• Q&A and Business
• Shooting for Dimension
• Shooting for Dimension Q&A
• The Challenge of Shiny Surfaces
• Working with a Variety of Surfaces
• Shoot: Make-up and Brushes
• Shooting to a Layout
• Student Shoots, Part I
• Student Shoots, Part II
• Fixing a Missing Pearl in Photoshop
• The Value of Your Work
• Product and Still Life: The Modern Challenge
• Still Life Demo (Shoes)
• Bidding and Pricing Q&A
• A Sensible Approach to Gear
• Shoot: Guitar with Multiple Light Layers
• Guitar: Compositing Lights in Photoshop
• Drop and Pop
• Special Shoot: Motorcycle
• Q&A and Relief Cut Shoot
• Creating Your Product Photography Business, Part I
• Creating Your Product Photography Business, Part II