Product Photography

 

Photography Product Assignment

B00133634

Iqrah Muhammad

 

 

 

Proposal (Define)

The product I am going to photograph is a bottle of Barbican Malt Drink.

The manufacturer for this drink is Aujan Industries

For this I will attempt to create a refreshing photograph with the bottle as the main subject and have some slices of lemon around the bottle.

The target audience for this would be anyone from about 10 years old onwards because it is a non-alcoholic malt drink, it is a great drink for people who do not drink alcohol because the shape of the bottle is quite similar to any other beer.

You may see this advert online, on billboards and tv. The reason I have chosen this brand is because it is not recognised enough although you do see the advert promoting it sometimes it is not a widely known beverage.

The lighting I am going to use is a ring light and two soft boxes. I am quite lucky to have some professional lighting equipment to use for this assignment.

The props I will need is some lemons these are to add a citrus fresh feel to the overall image. I was aiming to have a dark backdrop, but I was unable to find any material that will suit this project.

An alternative product I will try to photograph is a perfume bottle, The target audience for it will mostly be women. You will normally see perfume adverts on tv, online and in shops.

I will use my soft boxes and a brighter back drop for this image to create a chic look to compliment the perfume.

 

Process

Now that I have finished the product image, I know what went wrong and how I had to alter my props to suit the outcome.

This is my final image edited, I had to change the

Item I was initially going to use which was non-

Alcoholic beverage bottle.

I had some issues arising over what I can use for a

 Backdrop, I had bought various types of materials

To try see if they would work. I bought some different coloured tablecloths and arts and craft papers and even a painter’s dust collecting white sheet.

I could not find any material in black that I could use but I was determined to create a product image with a black backdrop.

I had initially started experimenting with perfume bottles and different light set ups to see if they could potentially be what I use for the final image. Here are some examples of these images.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

I quite liked the idea of the perfumes, but I did not feel like it was showing my full potential so then I shifted my attention to taking photographs of beverages.

In my proposal I had stated that I would use a beer type of bottle which I ended up changing.

The issues that arose from that was I found that the set up just was not complimenting the overall image. The bottle and the props of lemons I was using just did not look right so I tried a couple shots until I decided to change the bottle to the ginger beer can.

Here are some images I took unedited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I experimented with quite a few different objects

This was one of my favourites, but I chose not to go

Ahead with it because I felt it was very plain and bare.

I really liked how the bottle is gold with intricate designs

And how the white gold ring at the bottom is a simple yet

Beautiful addition to it.

When I finally managed to choose what I will photograph for the final image I went through a process of deciding how to display it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I knew I wanted to incorporate some real ginger besides the can but I kept experimenting so I could find a position that the ginger would complement the can and not look out of place.

 

My lighting set up was places like this.

To finally achieve a black backdrop I stuck

A black tank top of mine against a wall

And covered a little table with another

Black tank top.

It worked quite well and I managed to

achieve the final image outcome that I had

hoped to get.

 

 

 

Critical Evaluation

For this overall project I had come across various set backs along my way, these helped me learn and improve my work.

For the most part of photography I had been using a nikon D60 which was giving me terrible photographs, id see other peoples work in my class and wonder why my images were not coming out similar or as good. Recently I bought myself a nikon D3100 and the difference it makes is huge. My confidence in photography has gone up and I am now enjoying taking more photographs and experimenting with images. This product photography assignment was the perfect opportunity to really test my creativity and see what I could do. I thourougly enjoyed doing it and I think my final image came out really well. I am looking forward to working more on my skills and improving them.