I attempted a bit of product photography. How did I do, /p/?
>>2714281
I understand there is a christmas theme to the shoot, however I find the background very distracting. Perhaps shooting the drinks in a studio with some mistletoe or something may have been a better approach to it but I'm not sure.
seconding, backgrounds steals the attention, even if out of focus. it's way too busy.
your product is also quite in the dark, needs much more light on it. what's bright attracts the eye, and in here, your background is brighter.
by all product photography standards, you did bad. I kinda like your approach on colors though.
has lots of errors, but you got the mood right so youre well started. thats a key element.
box looks unimpresive. id put it centered, shot from an angle, and with more separation from background. aka. smoother bokeh.. id do this using telephoto from a corner (get up a chair) or some cool wide angle big aperture lens. also use back lightning on the subject to give it shape, right now its an ugly shadowy bulk. subject is underexposed, needs a direct light source too. also white balance, looks tungsten as fuck.
post corrected version anon.
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>>2714281
>>2714358
The box has very busy details, the busy background is stealing the focus, always leading my eyes away from the product.
Try the same box with a much more even light background with one single tree branch, maybe a couple of ornaments.
The main thing is to keep the focus on the product details.
>>2714281
Badly. I don't even shoot photography but I can see your photo is bad. Too much emphasis on the background, too little focus on the product, no clear theme except "X-mas motherfucker", the name, logo and product label graphics are overshadowed by the background, etc. You'd do better if the sixpack was wrapped in wrapping paper partially ripped open revealing the name and logo with one of the bottles missing or open laying under a christmas tree. Then you'd have a well integrated theme, an element of curiosity with product placement and an idea you can sell to a customer "On Christmas buy Stone Xocoveza beer."
>>2714281
Your product is the part of the photo you've given the least amount of attention to. It's dramatically under exposed, and the light that does fall on it is flat and boring. The rest of your scene is a huge distraction. You would not be hired.
Hey /p/als, OP here. Thanks for the replies, observations, and criticism. As I set up the picture I did focus too much on the background and failed to realize that the six-pack itself was underexposed and only a small part of the frame. Even if the background is out of focus there are still a lot of distracting elements and at the moment the only way I can remedy that is by cropping out some of the more distracting elements near the top left corner.
Here's my reattempt - I did the cropping, muted the background a bit, decreased contrast, increased exposure on the beer, and reduced the luminance of reds (since that's mostly in the decorations in the background).
What do you think this time?
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>>2714578
That's literally identical to the first one.
Did you even read the comments?
>>2714578
I would say bring brightness of product down a little bit, it looks unnatural
>>2714630
Check your monitor, definitely not the same.
>>2714634
How's this?
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>>2714655
Try using a lens with much less distracting bokeh.
looks like some hipster beer
>>2714655
>Check your monitor, definitely not the same.
It's not my fucking monitor that's the same photo.
It's the photo itself that's the problem, not the processing.
Maybe try increasing the distance between the beer and the tree? The lens doesn't seem to be blurring it enough and it's super distracting.
