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Product Photography
ART X 486.55
In this hands-on class, students learn product photography for commercial and fine art applications through lectures, demos, and targeted projects.
What you can learn
- Select between hard and soft light sources
- Setup and use speedlights, strobes with a variety of lighting modifiers for product photography
- Respond to reflective and matte textured surfaces
- Light translucent objects which include glass
- Shape light to desired effect
- Creating depth between product and background
About this course:
In this hands-on class, students learn product photography for commercial and fine art applications through lectures, demos, and targeted projects. Topics include composition, metering, exposure, lighting, lens, environment, background, and color. Students will practice lighting a variety of shapes and forms to control the appearance of reflection, texture, and shadow, as well as use of continuous flash and natural light sources with bounces and reflectors. Assignments will cover compositing in Photoshop and refining images in Lightroom. Each week students will be responsible for constructing and correcting in-class product photographs, and will complete a series of self-directed projects.Contact Us
Speak to a program representative. Hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm.
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