The Key to Unlocking Lively Product Photography with Photoshop with Brian Rodgers Jr
#103 Brian Rodgers Jr is the founder of Digital Art that Rocks. A company that creates visual assets like and Indiana Product Photography for companies. Watch just one of his slew of photoshop time-lapse on youtube and you will be blown away! Today I welcome Brian Rodgers Jr!
In This Episode You'll Learn:
- How Brian's high school class prepared him for photography and graphic design
- Why Brian walked away from what he thought was a dream job
- What book gave Brian a heightened sense of creativity
- How a $9 hardware store item taught Brian lighting
- The importance of photoshop in product photography
- Some obvious signs of amateur product photography
- Some of the most important tools Brian uses in Photoshop and what you can do with them
- An embarrassing moment Brian had while photographing architecture
- Why Brian loves to photograph watches
- Some of the challenges of photographing small products and how Focus stacking helps
Resources:
- Indiana Product Photography Brian Rodgers Jr Website
- Brian's FStoppers Product Photography Course
- Brian's Instagram
- Digital Art That Rocks Edu
- Scott Kelby "The 7 Point System"
Memorable Quotes:
- I wanted a career in photography, so I just started producing my own work
- After reading Scott Kelby's book, I had a heightened sense of creativity!
- I spent hours studying light with those cheap hardware store clamp lights
- Product photography is all about perfection
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Thanks for listening & keep shooting!
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