How to Light a Product Shot Like a Pro (Using Scrims, Softboxes, and a Piece of Foil Card)

How to Light a Product Shot Like a Pro (Using Scrims, Softboxes, and a Piece of Foil Card)

Product photography has a reputation for being intimidating, and honestly, for a long time I avoided it. I’m a lifestyle and travel shooter at heart. Give me golden hour on a mountain trail and I’m happy. But clients don’t always want mountains. Sometimes they want a bottle of whiskey looking like it belongs in a magazine spread, and that used to send me scrambling. What changed things for me was watching how working commercial photographers actually think through a product setup, not just the gear list, but the logic behind every decision.