Wine Photography For Professionals

This introductory lesson covers everything you need to know about the studio equipment and camera gear you will need to complete the course, from the camera, lens, and lighting, to the grip, support, and light modifiers.

Alex explains the unique challenges that photographers face when shooting glass wine bottles and how to overcome them, as well as how to prep your bottles for the shot.

IN-STUDIO SHOOTING

Alex begins the setup for a white wine on white background shot. This lesson will teach you what kind of softboxes and diffusers are best when shooting wine and why. You will also learn the proper camera settings to use.

This lesson covers shooting a different shape of a wine bottle on white background. Because wine bottles are glossy and highly reflective, it is very important to learn how to set up lighting for different types of bottles.

This lesson covers a dark and moody look, where Alex shoots a bottle of red wine on a black background. Alex demonstrates the specifics of shooting in this scenario. You will learn how to create a dramatic look using a bottle of wine and how to work with the wine label to make its texture look the best.

This lesson features something a little brighter. You will learn how to shoot a bottle of red wine on a white background.

Learn how to prepare for the wine splash shot, including what kind of grip and holders Alex uses to stage a glass of wine that can make a splash.

This lesson demonstrates a dramatic composition featuring a bottle of wine and a glass and then adds a splash to it, all done in the camera.

More splashes with wine! Splashes in advertising shots featuring wine are really dramatic, so Alex demonstrates even more techniques on how to create them.

Learn how to pour wine into a glass and capture an image with a very short flash duration to stop the action.

In this lesson, Alex demonstrates how to film a slow-motion wine pour, using the same camera and continuous lighting.

POST-PRODUCTION

In this first post-production lesson, you will learn the basics of raw file conversion and processing of your raw splash photos.

In this post-production lesson, you will see how to clean and perfect the surface of a wine glass on a white background.

In this lesson, you will learn how to cut out the wine glass from the white background using Adobe Photoshop.

This lesson covers processing a composition with the bottle and glass of wine with a splash on a black background.

In the second part of the lesson, post-processing continues with the white wine and splash on the black background in adobe Photoshop. You will also learn how to clean the dust and imperfections from the glass of wine.

This post-production lesson features the close-up shot of the bottle of white wine on the black background. Learn how to compose a final image from different source images, plus basic adjustments and clean up.

This lesson continues with the work on the previous image, exploring the technique of noise reduction to polish and enhance the reflections on the glossy surfaces.

This lesson covers the post-production of white wine on the white background, including basic adjustments, raw file conversion and cleanup.

In this second half of the lesson, you will learn how to finalize the post-production of the white wine on a white background, making it ready for e-commerce.

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Shooting & Post-Production

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