Product Photography: How To Photograph A Beer Advertisement

Photographer Scott Bourke gives us a complete overview of how he took a fantastic product shot of a few bottles of beer. Scott uses a single flash and 4 reflectors to create a very professional looking image that any photographer (no matter how little gear they have) is capable of creating. As I have always said, photography is all about good lighting and good lighting does not mean expensive lighting. Let’s hope that Scott is going to enter our BTSV contest.

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August 17, 2011

Lee Morris

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Matias-Acevedo/1014569066 Matias Acevedo
so simple, and he took an excelent pic!
this is a good inspiration for the BTS contest
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SCBT2FBL7NQVTWIVPU6PNDPTVQ M
Really pro work. Love it.
http://twitter.com/Jensthetraveler Jens Marklund
doesn’t look like the cactus triggers have improved much haha, second shot and already misfiring
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000503340749 Jorge Pastrana
nice tutorial for newbies, but i will try it tomorrow
Anonymous
The final pic was really top notch!! simple tools turn out great pics!!
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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1259733979 Raphael Ammann
wow simply, creative and an spot on result! great photoshoot!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1259733979 Raphael Ammann
wow simply, creative and an spot on result! great photoshoot!
http://twitter.com/scottbourke Scott Bourke
Yeah good old miss fire for the V2s but considering they are the same batteries they came with from 3+ years ago and I have certainly given them a hard life I cant complain about them too much. The Cactus KF36 strobes work rather well too.
http://www.facebook.com/allen.aligam Allen Aligam
That is some creative thinking!! talk about making do with what you have! awesome bts!
Anonymous
This makes me want to spend the evening taking pictures of objects at home. Great vid and great final image.
http://www.facebook.com/usuqa Paul Monaghan
nice work and informative video :)
Anonymous
simple but very effective…no need a 2K$ light set up….
Thanx for sharing :)
http://www.facebook.com/hiroschneider Jaron Schneider
That’s sweet! I love product and food photography. Glad this video is getting so many comments.
Scott Bourke
Wow thanks for all the great comments guys. I will certainly be doing plenty more BTS videos of other product shoots and tackle some interesting subjects.
http://profiles.google.com/sdickinson Sam Dickinson
Awesome video, I might have to try this soon. Only criticism is why did you use such a crappy beer! :-P
http://profiles.google.com/mi1stormilst Garrett Graham
great picture very impressed
http://twitter.com/Myrddon Henning Nilsen
Great and simple setup. Too bad alcohol advertisement is illegal in my country :P
http://twitter.com/Myrddon Henning Nilsen
Great and simple setup. Too bad alcohol advertisement is illegal in my country :P
http://twitter.com/Myrddon Henning Nilsen
Great and simple setup. Too bad alcohol advertisement is illegal in my country :P
http://twitter.com/louisrumball Louis Rumball
Brilliantly inspiring! Love things like this!
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http://www.facebook.com/burndragon Benjamin T. Watson
Love the fact that he is even using the extra beer to hold up his foam board… Very nice.
Kimberly Davis
Was the final image white foamcore overhead but not on the sides then? Thanks for sharing!

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