photographing products

studio lighting types

White background - creates minimal to no shadows at all creating a flawless finish

Black background - creates shadows and depth to the product

my work 

The black background worked well for my concertina book as it created shadows which 

emphasised the length and folds of the book. 

The black background also worked well on my pamphlet stick book as the front cover, pages and stitches are a pale colour and contract nicely with the dark background and the detail is clear, unlike with a white background where the pale detail would be lost with out the contrast and shadows.

 the black background works well on creating depth for products but in this compassion of 

items the dark concertina book appraise the fade into the back ground in the top image, but by slightly lowering the camera, in the bottom image the white of the pages is slightly visible and

 brings the product back again.

The white background works well on creating a flawless image of a range of different objects with a range of different material. 

White background - great for photographing products for selling, creates no shadows and makes products look flawless 

Black background - good t creating depth with shadows and also contrasting with light objects, also good at giving products personality and not look flat.

 examples of good product photography that i would like to try with my self branding project -