Assorted Product Shootout

Posted by on Jun 28, 2013 in Blog, Photography, Still-life & Product | 1 comment

Destiny and I had to hurry to photograph as many products as fast as we could to the best of our abilities at the latest shootout.  Our product options ranged from perfumes to pepper shakers to party favors.  Once again, I found lighting makes or breaks a shoot.  I had the opportunity to experiment with lots of different lighting set ups.

 

Photograph by CallyAnn Hamilton of owl-shaped novelty salt and pepper shakers with a yellow flower.

For the shootout each participant had to bring a product.  I brought these adorable salt and pepper shakers.  My roommate has a set just like this, and I thought they were so cute that I had to get my own.  The little owls also have a matching spoon rest, but I couldn’t figure out how to work it into this shot.

 

CallyAnnHamilton_StrawberryFluff

Apparently this stuff is a Bostonian favorite.  I was introduced to Fluff on our last excursion, but this was the first time I’d seen it in strawberry flavor.

 

Photo by CallyAnn Hamilton of cheap 4th of July party favors

Tacky shiny stuff.

 

Photograph by CallyAnn Hamilton of a Diet Coke Lime soda and two limes

In retrospect I should have been more careful to put better lighting on the logo and I would have loved to make the can look dewy with condensation, but I kinda like this shot anyway.

 

Photograph by CallyAnn Hamilton of American Eagle Cologne

This is my favorite photo from the shoot-out.  I like to think it would look like a real ad with the right text and logos on it.

 

Photograph by CallyAnn Hamilton of perfumes and lipstick

The lighting on this shot was particularly tricky. I think we had too many flashes, because most of the photos were drastically overexposed even though they were in such a dark container.  This is what the set-up looked like.

 

Photograph by CallyAnn Hamilton of a product photo set-up.