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How Can I Improve My E-Commerce Photography Action Shots?

How Can I Improve My E-Commerce Photography Action Shots? For those of us who work within e-commerce photography studios or as freelance packshot photographers, the idea of action shots is not something that frequently comes up. However, there will be times when you...

What Are Easy Ways To Improve The Composition of My Shots As A Product Photographer?

A product photographer should always be searching for those improvements that make the service you provide better. It may be learning a new technique or piece of equipment, or simply making very minor improvements to how you shot a product in your packshot studio....

Can You Add Impact To A Shot As A Product Photographer By Showing Less In The Image?

Can You Add Impact To A Shot As A Product Photographer By Showing Less In The Image? As a product photographer, you are often tempted to fill a shot with wonderful, interesting items to help catch the imagination of the customer. However, this can often cause the...

How can I improve my photography workflow?

No one enjoys all the administrative tasks that come with working as a professional in product photography. One of the most time-consuming aspects is the workflow, which involves downloading and organising all images, and then finding them as required for the editing...

Image Quality More Than Simply Megapixels

For a long time, consumers viewed the megapixels (MP) on a camera as the defining characteristic and the honest answer this still happens today. However, for anyone working in product photography, such as a packshot photographer we know there is far more to the...

What is focus breathing in photography?

Today's article aims to answer a question that we know many a packshot photographer and packshot studio will have asked before. What exactly is focus breathing? We will touch on what this term means, why it happens and the ways to avoid it. So let’s dive into this...

How to Use Negative Space in Product Photography

How to Use Negative Space in Product Photography

As an experienced commercial photographer, you will understand the term negative space and may well have a strong understanding of how it can benefit you as a product photographer. However, it can sometimes go against logic or natural instinct when you’re just...

What are bad habits to have as a photographer?

What are bad habits to have as a photographer?

We’re always searching for ways to improve our product photography, whether that is by learning a new technique, buying new equipment or improving existing skills. This is true across all aspects of photography including food, fashion and jewellery photography. What...