My product photography sucks...

Urbanfreestyle

Urbanfreestyle

Urbanfreestyle

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I don't know anything about product photography, never tried it but I know instantly what I'd do if I were taking shots of your PC...

exclude the poster on the wall.

use a zoom lens for some creative effects, with good OOF parts of the photo to bring your attention to the things your focusing on.

straighten the shots

use better angles

get closer up to it

It's hard to explain, just try and unleash your creative side a bit more because as they are they just look like quick photos I could have taken with my phone.

HTH.
 
yeah, straightening up would be my first step, i just felt they looked a little off color. i might try to do it again in the morning and get some more interesting shots. I think the one of the ram in b/w is the best of the bunch?
 
First shot:

Loads of camera shake you know what causes that.
What's the actual focus of the image? Is it the liquid cooler? You've got a pipe spoiling the view you need a better angle.
Talking about views to the left you've got a fan that's half cut off, a fan just making an appearance to the top and a radiator trying to squeeze itself in on the right, use the same rule as portraits, make natural cuts not halfway through.

Second shot:
The angles in this is what spoils it. Straighten it out and bring it slightly down, I'd lose the top of the case to bring in more of the graphics card. Show more of the radiator in exchange for losing the case on the left, perhaps?

Third shot:
Wayyy to much camera shake, and no subject?
 
For the first photo the metadata says an exposure of 30 seconds at F20? That's just plain odd.

Use a much lower f-stop to focus on the subject you're meant to be showcasing and to add some depth to the photos - as they are they're fairly flat.

A long exposure time is fine in itself for still photography, but either the subject or the camera has clearly moved in that time. For a 30 second exposure everything needs to be rock solid.

Personally I think the shots could do with being a bit deeper. A lot of the contrast has been lost - the blacks are blueish-grey, and as said the white balance is too cool. Quick to sort in any editing package though. :)

As for framing others have said it better than I could.
 
PC products especially can be tricky to photograph as they tend to have a lot of black and bright lights/LEDs :S

Really need a good amount of diffuse lighting rather than 1-2 directional lights I'd imagine to get good product images.
 
right, might swap out to my 24-70, stop it to 2.8 and get close. Even out the lighting and diffuse my LEDs, and possibly use some fill lighting too.
I'll also look into sorting out the contrast and drama in the shots. Hopefully getting a new 8mm Wednesday so can climb inside my case and get some shots lol!
 
this_is_gav said:
For the first photo the metadata says an exposure of 30 seconds at F20? That's just plain odd.

Use a much lower f-stop to focus on the subject you're meant to be showcasing and to add some depth to the photos - as they are they're fairly flat.

A long exposure time is fine in itself for still photography, but either the subject or the camera has clearly moved in that time. For a 30 second exposure everything needs to be rock solid.

Personally I think the shots could do with being a bit deeper. A lot of the contrast has been lost - the blacks are blueish-grey, and as said the white balance is too cool. Quick to sort in any editing package though. :)

As for framing others have said it better than I could.
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For product photography you don't necessarily want to have a shallow DoF, f/20 is a perfectly reasonable aperture although I would tend to limit myself to f/16 to limit diffraction.



OP: make yourself a light box out of a cardboard box, that way you can rid yourself of harsh shades and highlights. Make sure you correct WB.
 
White balance is definitely off. There's also a decent amount of light from inside the case itself, so maybe experiment with shooting with the room lights off to make it a bit more interesting.
 
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