Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>This type of staged photography is new to me and I would appreciate any >advice. > >http://homepage.mac.com/robertmcclure/PhotoAlbum112.html hi rob -- thanks for sharing. your watch shots are, well, they're watch shots. as you start adding favorite things though, they go from product illustrations to contrived still-lives. i'm by no means an expert on product photography, but i've come up with a rule of my own which is "area of interest and three pieces of "flair"". your 1911 + omega shots don't differentiate between your subject and your flair and when you throw the camera in, it's doubly so. you have three subjects competing for attention. i think also that unless your product is still in the box it should have a _reason_ to be where it is. what's the reason? maybe they're all in a suitcase, or they're all on a desk -- why would they be there? give it a reason. add some clothes and a holster and they're together because someone is getting dressed, undressed, packing, (ahem) traveling, or whatnot. add a map and a minolta 16 and it's a scene from a spy movie. use framing to _detract_ from your flair -- maybe the watch and the camera only partially need to be in the frame. hope this helps. kc