Shooting a product from the Bath and Body Works winter line with appropriate props and lighting.
I got back into the photo studio last week and decided to shoot some shower gel from Bath and Body Works that I got on sale the day after Christmas. A year ago when I took an introductory class to studio lighting I learned how important it is to have props that compliment your subject but don’t take away from them. I’ve also learned that it’s important to show the concept that that product is advertising. I still had some tinsel on my Christmas tree and a perfect shade of gray lufa in my bathroom that seemed they’d compliment the Sparkling Snow shower gel well.
I had fun lighting this product. It was however a little difficult at first to find the right gels (colors to put over the lights) to match the color of the Bath and Body Works product. I managed though. Something I always question is the angle and proximity of the subjects in the photo. Below I show two images of how the angle or spacing of the subjects was before I did the final positioning and shot.
This one the products are too far apart and the angle isn’t very appealing. The lighting on the bottle also doesn’t show enough contrast for the title to stick out, which is what one wants for brand product photography.
For the photo below, its well composed but a little too far back. As well the bottle cap doesn’t have very good lighting as the metallic reflective surface isn’t very appealing and takes away from the focus of the product.
In the final image, I changed my lighting to fix the contrast on the title, zoomed in closer to fill the space more, and edited the bottle lighting:
