LLART 282 - Product Photography - An Introduction

A picture is worth a thousand words and the product images you use should be unique, high quality images that best represent you and your product(s). Learn what it takes to produce quality product photos that can be used on e-commerce websites, blogs and social media. We'll explore the practical tools and equipment needed for an efficient home studio, while emphasizing budget-conscious solutions. Demonstrations of product photography techniques will be followed by a hands-on opportunity to produce your own product photo using studio equipment. The Saturday class meeting will be a field trip to see the workings of a large production studio. We recommend that students have some prior photography experience and cameras with settings that can be manually controlled (this is not an ideal class for smart phone users). Prerequisite: Nuts and Bolts (LLART 193), Digital Photography I (LLART 115), or take our quiz: go to www.lifelong.utah.edu or call 801-587-5433.