Product Photography

[loobyloo]

Hi
how small are the items - I have soft boxes from 40 cm squared up to ones I can stand in - from ebay cheap as chips. Continuous lighting off ebay really cheap but it works, a good camera canon 5dmk3 (not off ebaylol), a better lens. Use auto for your first shot then adjust your stops to get the right light on the product. Hope this helps.

[Justin]

Mockups are great and we do use them. Occasionally we need the actual product though, quick example that springs to mind.....Not On The High Street insist on the first image being of the actual product and not a mock up.

I also tried getting someone to make more mockups for me of other products but that was a nightmare. Went through half a dozen people before losing the will to live!

[Justin]

Hi
how small are the items - I have soft boxes from 40 cm squared up to ones I can stand in - from ebay cheap as chips. Continuous lighting off ebay really cheap but it works, a good camera canon 5dmk3 (not off ebaylol), a better lens. Use auto for your first shot then adjust your stops to get the right light on the product. Hope this helps.

Mainly for phone cases so that could work. Camera is fine, it's me that doesn't know one end from the other! Can you send me FleaBay links please?

[loobyloo]

something like this would do it - justin
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40cm-Foldabl ... SwWdZZZdVb

[Justin]

Just looking at something like that, probably be good to get me started. I did have one like this but sold on a few years back. Now I have a better camera I'll give it a go.

[loobyloo]

To be honest you really don't have to spend a fortune for good shots of small products. A couple of good desk lights the ones with the twisty frames and a white background like a pillow case a sheet of a3 papers stuck to a wall and a sheet under the product. You cold even make a little photo box out of a cardboard box by covering the inside of it with white paper. Its about reflecting the light. I may not know much about dye sublimation but I do know about photography and Im always willing to help.

[loobyloo]

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Just a quick shot with 2 a3 sheets of paper under and at rear of subject - taken with my phone in my work room on my desk - no light no flash - a bit of reflection because no white paper at the sides and a bit of a shadow because I haven't used any lighting its all about the reflecting the light.

[pisquee]

Justin - we get away with products on NOTHS which are mockup shots as main images - they just need to be good enough for them not to notice/realise!

[pisquee]

In fact, the first products we got on NOTHS, and what got us on there was our wallpapers - all of those shots we mockups - using room images we bought from Shutterstock to mock them up into. For the first three months of us being on there all our shots were fake!

[webtrekker]

All my mockups are 3D models I've made myself (usually in Rhino 3D) and rendered in Keyshot 6. That way I have complete control over the environment, including lighting, shadows, reflections, backgrounds, depth of field, scaling and positioning.

Not suitable for everyone, of course as you need a few modelling skills, but the final results can be indistinguishable from real life objects to most people. I can also change images and textures at will, useful for seeing what an item will look like before you even print your design.