Loads of people tell me how hard they find it to photograph bottles. Granted, it’s not easy but these 5 tips will help you to take an amazing packshot. Wish I’d known all this when I started!
1) Prepare your bottle! 2) Get the correct camera and subject position 3) Your back light is what will create the interior glow, positioning is key! 4) Use black card to bring back blown out edges 5) Cross polarization…magic
As a still life photographer you’ve got to be confident photographing any subject. Once you understand some basic principles, things like the angle of reflection and refraction, which I’ll explain in a later video, you’ll begin to become comfortable photographing anything.
