Hi, this will be my first post here.

I have a question about shooting products, furniture specifically. I have three story barn that I work out of, and woud like to have an area to shoot pieces for portfolio and advert use.

What would you do for the best shots.

I have a canon 5D and a canon eos 7D at my disposal. (not sure if this information helps)

get a bunch of speedlites (most flexible)
few soft boxes,
umbrellas,
backgrounds (not sure but maybe you will need green screen)

set up and start shooting

thank you! I'm fairly noob, in photography.

as your opinions, and product photos. do you like out of focus back grounds or white out backs.

i think depends what are you will try to achieve. but most of the time blur out everything behind so main item will stand out or else you wana show whole room/set

How big are these pieces?
How big is the space you can shoot in?
What is your budget?
What is the medium in which you will advertise? ie. low res newspapers or high res magazines?

etc etc

How big are these pieces?

can range, largest being a bed set.

How big is the space you can shoot in?

About 24x16

What is your budget?

not a lot, but my father already has most of the camera equipment.

What is the medium in which you will advertise? ie. low res newspapers or high res magazines?

Mostly, online.



This post was edited by FloraFreak on Dec 31 2011 08:03pm

What is "not much" ? 1000? 2000?

24' x 16' might be enough without distorting the product.

Okay, online, so fairly low res..