Feedback improvements

I have received helpful feedback regarding my finalised product shot and I have made significant improvements following up to it. I made another DIY setup as I got rid of my previous one but this time I placed a piece of paper on the ceiling part and it improved my lighting a lot.

This was my setup before :

This was my setup after the feedback :

I took over 300 photos because I was constantly looking for slight improvements on my photograph but I managed to pick three and ask for some advice on them.

These are the three photographs that I had to choose between:

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I decided to pick the first one as it stood out to my friends the most. It was more lit than the others and was centred. I then decided to change the exposure and contrast in CAMERA RAW for my edited piece and decided to do some tweaks on the line. 

EDITED : 

FINALIZED EDITED PHOTOGRAPH

UNEDITED : 

Final product shot?

Finalized Product Shot examples

I think for my final shot I will have this sort of setup, but I won't have the iPad showing and I'll turn the camera portrait mode so it doesn't look like it's on a DIY setup! although this perfume doesn't have a brand to it, I will try and make a logo on Photoshop! It can be my own little perfume that I have made which is fun :) 

DIY Set ups PART II

For my DIY Setups, I wanted the next photograph to be more professional looking so I tried a few different methods.

I stuck a few pieces of paper together to make some sort of background for my product shots because I wasn't happy with the result of only one sheet of paper in the background. I don't think I was happy with every photograph but that's just me, I wanted it to be perfect but it's different when you're doing this from home. I think I was just overreacting with how much I didn't like them but now that I look back on my shots I'm proud of the result. 

There's a few mistakes that I have made and I just didn't like how dark the bottom of the snowglobe was but I don't think I can fix that unless I do it in camera raw. I took a few other pictures of different perfumes but I want to keep them for the next time I post !!

Proposal for Product Shot

The clients that I am representing for my product shot assignment are men and women who are fond of universal perfumes, There isn't a company that I am representing as this bottle isn't associated with any specific brand. The product is a cologne which has a universal fragrance which can be used by anyone from the age of 25 onwards. This cologne has a specific smell that resembles a much older odour so my target audience is more of a mature crowd who are classy and have an elegant style to them. I would expect to see this advertisement online on perfume websites such as theperfumeshop and I would also like to see this add shown in department stores like Arnotts and Brown Thomas. The lighting I’m going to use to make this photograph look professional as possible is the 640 WS Einstein flash unit as I do not have an alternative white light lamp. The props I’m going to include in this photograph is a simple branch with a flower on it and an iPad screen that has a reflective black surface. I have a DIY setup which includes white pieces of paper on all sides which you will see in my setups. 

Finished Product - DIY SETUP

EDITED

 I made a copy of the photograph and I direct selected the perfume and the surface and made a copy of that, I used the eyedropper tool and painted the background black! This is the finished product for my DIY setup :)

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DIY setup - Product Shot Assignment

I used my iPad screen to make a reflective surface for my DIY setup. I had a mirror that lit up white light and I tried to use that but the brightness didn't show up on the camera. I used the 640 ws Einstein flash unit as my back-up light. The final picture needs editing and cropping but I'm happy with the result. I used a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV for my camera with a SIGMA 50mm lens. This isn't my final product shot as I will be messing with more reflective surfaces and filters in the future. But it's a good start!

For my props I just used some wool hearts that I found lying around the house as I wanted some sort of "valentine" theme for my Creed Perfume. The target audience for this photograph is aimed for women who try to live "luxurious lives".