Today we are going to explore a more technical question that many budding product photography professionals ask. That is, is it a good idea to learn about subject separation as part of their development in e-commerce photography? We are often overloaded with ideas,...
The industry we operate in as a product photographer or packshot studio is becoming more competitive and more dynamic. This means a certain percentage of our time must be spent understanding how best to optimise and grow our businesses. At the heart of this concept is...
We often think that because someone is a professional, they have developed enough creativity and confidence to do their job. The reality is very different! As a professional photographer, working in any discipline including fashion and jewellery photography there will...
Today we’re exploring the topic of when a lens hood should be used as part of your product photography service. When buying a lens as a packshot photographer, it may well have come with one of these but often the more affordable ones don’t. This raises the question of...
The most popular file format that is used by product photographers and packshot studios. The JPEG file type has become the go-to option but for those new to the industry, it can be confusing to know why and when to use alternatives. Ultimately, the JPEG became the...
This article may seem to go against a lot of the advice out there for a product photographer, or any other type of commercial photographer. That is because softboxes are a fantastic source of lighting and we stand by that statement but we do believe there are...