Creative Product Staging

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Google has expanded its desire for original content to include original photography, and is  looking less favorably on stock photography.  It is part of how Google decides which websites have more authority.  As the internet has morphed it’s a natural progression for each website to have its own original content for a unique online presence.

As you travel the internet you’ll begin to recognize stock photography as you see the same photo on multiple websites.  Stock photography used to be a cost effective solution for website owners. Recent years have seen substantial increases in the cost of stock photography.  If you choose 10 photos at $50 each for your website – you can afford to have original photos shot.

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These two shots are staged.  Using promotional items strengthens the branding, and also helps deter your website photos being stolen.

Another huge plus for having your own photos is Google’s image search. Your images will  work as an advertisement for your services and products.  Bring an original touch to your website. View more staged photography.

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Bedding Staging Product Photography

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Bedding Staging Product Photography

Fully staged this bedding shot combined full props, natural light and composite photography. Thorough experimentation with the sheets to find the best display for pattern and colors. All other elements needed to funnel the eye toward the bed sheets. Two products in the nightstand help to solidify the product in this grand setting. While an intimate shot this required placement of the bed, nightstand and shooting the window light separately to give maximum control.

 

Product Bottle Photography

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Olive Oil Bottle Photography

Staging photography is about total light control.  The shutter allowed light manipulation behind the olive oil bottle. The light in this case is a photographic light balanced and diffused to match sunlight. Separate lighting on the garlic, peppers and tomatoes give yet more control adding dimension to this olive oil bottle staging.

Liquor Bottle Staging Photography

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liquor bottle staging phorography

The fire behind the bourbon bottle was photographed waiting as the flames flared to balance the bottle, and monitoring the light it cast on the bottle, glass, cigar—even the limes. Ice cubes were created from acrylic – sized proportionately to fit the glass. The second staging for this product (see below) focuses on a clean sharp reflection accented by diffusion lighting.

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Product Staging Photography

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Product Staging Photography

Staging photography enhances a product in variety of ways, creating a beautiful setting with props, lights, visual aids or composite photography.

While this is a simple looking shot, it took multiple lighting techniques, composite photography and custom camera settings to achieve this desired look.

The same bottle was re-shot with a chilling blue (see below), using diffusion to create a background, precision is the key. Staging Vodka Bottle

Video Production for Business

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When you’re ready to create a video for your business it can be overwhelming.  There are a lot of choices, but with  a bit of research you can prepare a structure ( called a script) outlining shots you would like to capture, dialogue, still images and various techniques.

Visit our Video Production page to read more details and view sample videos and also check out out YouTube video.

Catalog-Product Photography

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Merchants selling on Amazon.com are asked to submit their catalog of product images on an all white background.  There are a couple of ways to shoot your products to look their best.

These samples are not cutouts nor photo edited-these are as shot.  Here is an example without any shadows:

Product Photo without shadows

Product Photo without shadows

Product Photography with shadow

Product Photography with shadow

Visit our Catalog Photography and Product Photography pages.

Video Production

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We’re excited to begin offering small business video production. Video is no longer a novelty but a must for business marketing.

I am passionate about the full range of creativeness video encompasses. The challenge of scripting and helping a business owner to bring his vision to fruition.

Visit our website for more information, and demo reels.

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Couple’s Portrait

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Couples Portrait Photography

Beauty Dish Photography
This is a simple one light shot. White back drop, a beauty dish with an Einstein 640 flash, 1/4 power. Light was positioned to the extreme camera left approx. 45 degree angle over shoulder of man pointed at girl.

Canon 7D
lens:  70-200mm f/2.8
Aperture f8
Shutter Speed 1/250
White background turned grey since the couple was 8 feet in front.  The skin tones varied dramatically, desaturation was the ideal solution.

One Light Portrait-Flash

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Studio Portrait Composite

Professional Portrait

Both are one light (flash) portraits.
Einstein 640 @ 1/4 power
22″ beauty dish, diffused
ISO 100
Aperture f8
Shutter Speed 1/200
Daylight balanced
Canon 7 D 70-200 2.8
set to Neutral

It all begins with a well lit photo. The beauty dish was placed directly overhead of subject, just out of frame, using white foam core for fill bounce below at waist level.

Shot against a white backdrop brought in an artist to create Illustrator backgrounds with texture, and manipulated photo and backgrounds in Photoshop.