TOP Level Product Shoot Made EASY!
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Want to shoot bottles like a pro? This condensed edit of one of our most popular Karl Taylor Education live photoshoots gives you a 10-minute masterclass in product photography.
You’ll be amazed at what you can achieve with just three lights, some simple modifiers, and a large shot of creativity!
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Great to see a Photographer showing how to photograph instead of leaving everything up to compositing! Well done, Karl! Great use of your skills and also post. Really classic product image. Beautiful!
Many thanks!
This man is a magician!
This is a great video and there’s so much more than just the prop, lighting and post production. Anyone notice how tuned in Ashleigh was to the whole process and how with minimal instruction, Karl is using his assistant to greatest effect. Anyone notice that the cameraman filming Karl is out of the shadows so as not to negatively affect the demonstration. These are perhaps the best educational videos I’ve seen and I’m swiftly becoming a huge fan of Karl’s delivery, not least his enthusiasm for sharing what he does extremely well. A whole creative team on show led by a creative master. Great great job.
Thank you very much!
It is easy to think that the experienced pros take on a shoot, rock up, set it all out, take the shot and bag the cash.
What I love about Karl's videos is the warts-and-all presentation - break the task down, take a load of shots, many of them fail, but picking the right on and moving onto the next element. Even the pros do it!! (or are they pros because the do it??)
Not only that but also looking at how to prioritise the elements before moving onto the next one. Of course, experience will offer solutions that to me look like something you have to put up with (a typical one is moving the bottle to get the light on the glass, a simple answer to something I have found a huge problem!).
Kudos, Karl - my still life is improving because of your videos.
Thanks Dave.
What a master, a real teacher!
Cheers
I learned a lot from that! Not least, how much you can do in one shot rather than 1000 composites if you set the scene correctly.
Awesome 👍
admire your professional lighting knowledge and skill 🙇🏻♂️
This is my first ever video on Product lighting and Gid this is amazing
incredible work
Never thought I'd be interested in product photography but I really enjoyed watching this, really interesting. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful
Karl Taylor is a Genius. I always get excited when he uploads a new video.
karl...u r the master . its very useful for us
it was so smart. Thanks to sharing this post. I loved it
Cheers.
You are a master craftsman and artist. It's always a pleasure to watch you work. I'll be joining your Education group soon.
Thank you much appreciated.
Karl Taylor... You are a great teacher! Thank you for your time, and Ashley's time and your expertise! Wow! This was one great video! )))
Glad it was helpful!
Well done, thanks for showing the whole process, great content in general!!!
What you achieved with just one light blew my mind. Fantastic shot, no doubt, but what amazes me most is how you made it look so simple to achieve this. This channel keeps blowing my mind :)
Thank you, very kind.
Awesome work as always. I highly recommend his education website also. Videos and critiques.
Thanks for that!
Great video, great composition!
your enthusiasm is wonderfull!
I have no words to express here... its too amazing to see how much of an effort Karl has taken to get 80-90% shot perfect and that too in-camera. I am sure, others would have got 50% correct in camera and used Photoshop to get the remaining shot right.
To celebrate a wonderful shoot…it’s cocktail time. Crack that bottle open. Nice job Karl. All great information.
Thanks once again Mr Taylor for this educational video .
AMAZING, as ever...
Beautifully executed, Karl. Very cool to see your process, step by step. When someone is truly a master of their craft, they make their creations appear so effortless, just as you've done in this presentation. Thanks to you and your lovely assistant for sharing your knowledge with us, sir. Have a great day.
Thank you
You are crushing it! I especially appreciate that your leave out all the B roll material. Too many UA-camrs try to be funny or cute. Just the facts, thank you. Could you remove the white card behind the bottle in post instead of making the cutout? There are multiple images, anyway.
Brilliant result, which you make to look so simple to achieve.
Many thanks
I learned so much from this man in the past decade. Many thanks!
Glad to help Ihab!
Words of truth
His courses are the best investment if you really want to learn professional photography.
this is gold ,thank you Karl
Yes and thanks!
absolutely fabulous results. whatever you did when you were editing was fast and 2 km over my head...
You created a very fine image of that bottle of tasty stuff. You are encouraging me to try various arrangements of lights and especially inexpensive reflectors, especially if they are shaped just so. Nice trick casting that shadow!
Cheers
Great tutorial. Enjoyed every moment watching and learning from this video.
Great to hear!
Awesome, Karl you make complicated shoot look so simple.
Cheers
Its a good drop that Dalmore 12. Spicy nose. Almond / white pepper / walnut taste. Finish is ok for the price: A bit fizzy and medium length.
McCallan 12 year old is probably my favourite all rounder
Wow!! This is amazing! So effortless!
Thank you.
Awesome tutorial thanks for sharing it with the world !
My pleasure!
WOW this is amazing Karl! Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure
you are incredible! Thank you so much for these videos!!
Glad you like them, thanks
What an amazing piece of training we gotta watch for free, omg. Thanks Karl !!
Enjoy!
You are brilliant Sir. I really love your tutorial
Love it ! Your English accent is soOOoo clean & tonic you could take over Jony Ive from Apple.
😊
Absolutely amazing. Thank you
Brilliant!
i love this... i'm 3d artist (more like hobbyist) and that's what i usually do when doing render on glass-y product. i put light behind the product and directed it toward the product
good job, nice shoot
I love your work
Thanks
Long time viewer, first time commenter. This video was absolutely brilliant in terms of step-by-step explanation. Visual learners like myself thrive with content like this. Also, I just adored when Karl got excited those couple times when the light he wanted produced the effect he wanted. That made me smile so much! 🙂
Thanks Dale, glad you enjoyed it.
always professional and effective ... thank you Karl Your educational platform is the best one. Andrea
You're very welcome
Fantastic inspirational thank you!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Best of the best
Master Piece
I used to have to shoot bottles of vegetable oil for a big food company, so it's fun to see how this plays out at the high end! (And of course whiskey is much more appetizing...) The trick about shining the phone's light from lens position and tracing around the shadow is brilliant!
Thanks
I’d love to know more about the business side of it. How many IMAGES do they get? How long do they get to use them and about what they pay? That is one beautiful studio! And of course you do beautiful work!
Great instruction Karl.
As usuall, great content. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
My pleasure!
I'm going to experiment and do my own shoot.
Thanks for the lesson and inspiration.
Wow! Thanks for sharing Karl 🙏🏼
Amazing.. Love watching your skills in action!
Amazing work! Tnx for sharing! ✌😎
Thank you too!
😍 just great! And great knowledge you give, thanks Karl!
Thank you.
Great video! It was very informative. Thank You,
Amazing photographer
Brilliant! 👏
This video is amazing. Keep up the good work Karl. Learning so much.
Had taken Karl's basic course and I should admit has been an amazing experience on the type of photos I am taking now. Recommend this course for all newbies. Great job Karl, keep educating us.
Great, thank you so much.
Fantastic!
Amazing job. Well done.
Thank you very much!
Oh I got it, the black paper where ms. Ashley held it. Thanks
Awesome video please do more like this
This is magic. I even feel stupid to write a comment. Sir, thank you so much.
Thank you.
This is the real product photography, a lot of real work letting less to digital photo manipulation. This drivers to more realistic end work.
Excellent inspirational clip, Karl- Thank You!
My pleasure!
🔥🔥hands on I love it
Thank you for guidance sir.
Beautiful, simple and clear. Thank you very much for your contribution.
Карл. Ти суперпрофесійний. !!! Молодець!!! Я постійно слідкую за твоїм ютюб каналом, і з захопленням дивлюсь нові відео, вони дуже змістовні та повчальні!!! Супер!!
Thank you.
Well done. Amazing lesson.
Thank you kindly!
Thanks. Thats great
No worries!
It's wonderful.......
Damn I wish I could afford the full suite of classes this is amazing!
You can. All our classes and live shows it's only $19 per month.
Awesome!
Thanks!
Awesome 👌.
Thanks
Wonderful tutorial Karl! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This video was absolutely gorgeous Karl u nailed it really enjoyed this video I’ve also experienced some product photography also wine glass and wine bottle by watching this video it’s helped me find out more were the lights need to be
Cheers
Learned loads. Now....off to get a whiskey.
Good stuff, I'd recommend a McCallan 12 year old or Bushmills 10 if you like a milder flavour :)
Hi Karl, what are you using to defuse the light? Is it purchased or customized by you? Can you make a video on the diffusion you utilize? Thank you. Great work.
Hi thank you for your comment, in reply to your question that is all covered in depth on our website in the product section thanks.
@@VisualEducationStudio thanks
Thanks for these little tips packed with immense knowledge Karl! I hope someday I can study with you, greetings!
Hi Gaston, thank you. You can study with me right now on our site.
Thanks a lot, really nice techniques.
Glad you liked it!
Your tutorials are so well put together. Thanks very much for sharing. i will definitely look at your full package. regards
Wow.
Nice video! Would you be doing focus stacking for this kind of shot if you were shooting for a client or not? That's always my biggest dilemma, stack or not :)
This shot didn't really need it but even if it did because of it's distance away it would only need a 3 shot stack. Some close up cosmetics shots I do need 20 images for the stack.
Such good insight. What material is the scrim?
Not bad for a beginner !
Hehehehehe, amazing Karl, thanks for sharing ;-)
My pleasure!
Hi Karl.. you always have a great shoot.. May I ask from this tutorial, you Broncolor Light model have you used is it UNILITE?.
Amazing, really helpful also for me as a 3D artist :) thanks Karl
Glad it was helpful!
A Pico on the label would've made it a million dollar shot to me
Me too but I deliberately kept the lighting to the basic lights and modifiers on this live show to show our members what can be achieved first with just one light and then how it dramatically improved with another basic modifier. As you may be aware on Karl Taylor Education where this live show was first shown we also need to demonstrate top techniques with the type of modifiers that even new photographers would be using. As you probably know I use the Picolite with the Projection Attachment for many labels highlights but this can also be achieved with a home made cardboard snoot as we demonstrated in another youtube video.
Amazing Video👏
Glad you liked it!
Great! Thank you!
You are welcome
As great video as usual. For this pic you only need 3 lights, a 2 or 3 meters of reflector, a flash with bandoor for background, a tripod that support the weight of the flash with grid that you are using for zenital light, and a studio witn 3 meters hight (at least!!) and a hasselblad camera if you want to achieve that level of quality image.
By the way, woudn't be useful if you tilt the reflector that is behind the glass when you use the zenital light?
By the way, woudn't be useful if you tilt the reflector that is behind the glass when you use the zenital light? In this case you would not need to remove the bottle to catch the light for the glass.