Albuquerque Product Photography of Beanie Hats and T-shirts for Morrison Outdoors

November 30, 2022 in Commercial

Beanie hats and t-shirt product photography with consistent results over years

Longtime client Tavis of Morrison Outdoors has new adult-sized beanie hats and a t-shirt that he sent to me to be photographed for sale on his website (check it out!). I have done many shoots like this for Tavis before, for example these other beanies and his most famous product, the all in one sleeping bag for kids. Even though there are in some cases years between shoots for Tavis, I produce the same consistent look for the beanies, t-shirts, and sleeping bags. Thank you Tavis for continuing to choose me as your product photographer even though you are now on the other side of the country!

Check out Morrison Outdoors for great outdoor gear gift ideas!

Cannabis as Art Commercial Marijuana Product Photography in Albuquerque New Mexico

September 15, 2022 in Commercial

Adapting on location to get professional product shots of cannabis in ABQ

You might be surprised how often I have no idea what type of photography situation I will be getting into upon arriving at a client’s location. That’s one of the things that makes a pro photographer a pro, is being able to get good results in any conditions, changing conditions, and challenging conditions. Such was the case with Ironfist Cannabis, where we started out shooting right where the cannabis plants themselves were growing, but had to pivot to trimming the tops off and using a studio background and off camera lighting setup to get the results you see here. This also taught me that I cannot again shoot indoors on location at such a place as the odor from the plants lingers to this day still in some of my photo gear! Thank you to Javier for helping with the shoot on site. This was also the first chance to use my new snoot to really focus the light only on part of the plants. You can see the simple but effective setup below in a BTS shot.

Monastery Icons Product Photography in Albuquerque New Mexico

August 10, 2022 in Commercial

Accurate color with no glare for product photography in Albuquerque

The variety of products I have photographed this year at the JCP Home Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico continues to grow with the addition of these religious icons made at a nearby monastery in the east mountains. Father Seraphim along with the actual artist from the monastery who painted the icons, assisted in the shoot (see the BTS below). I was shooting tethered so they could see the photos live as they took them to make sure there was no glare and that the colors were being represented accurately. Other than needing a bit of contrast adjustment, the results made right in camera were very accurate to the icons themselves. As usual, it was a great team effort on this product photography photo shoot and once we got things dialed in, in less than an hour I photographed more than 18 icons. Thank you Father Seraphim for choosing me as your photographer!

Professional Tea Product Photography in Albuquerque New Mexico

August 04, 2022 in Commercial

Creative Tea Pot Product Photography in Albuquerque

This is part two of the product photography I made for Alicia of Live Well Tea Company (see part 1). The main focus of the photo shoot was the canisters of tea themselves, to conclude the shoot we made a series of staged tea pot product photos right here in the JCP Home Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This was a fun and creative way to end the shoot, getting each set of tea pots staged to best show them off, from the linear shot above, to the multi-levels of the colorful tea pots below, concluding with lighting a clear glass tea pot set to not be too reflective, but also to be visible. Thank you again Alicia for a great collaboration on these tea pot product photos!

Professional Product Photography for Tea in Albuquerque New Mexico

July 19, 2022 in Commercial

Fun and creative product shoot for tea in Albuquerque

My latest product shoot in the JCP Home Studio was with Alicia of Live Well Tea Company. She wanted her full product line of teas to be photographed in clear, clean, and also creative ways. Each collection of teas got a straight line shot, and a fun stacked shot too. Alicia was present for the entire shoot helping choose which order and placement for the teas for best color flow and visual appeal. I always welcome the client to be present for their product photo shoots, after all, they know their products best! Thank you Alicia for choosing me as your product photographer and for being so fun to work with during the shoot!

Powder Explosion Product Photography in Albuquerque with Tarot Cards

July 06, 2022 in Commercial

Powder Explosion for Stunning Product Shots in Albuquerque

Regular readers of this site might remember I recently did a tarot card product shoot for Darshanie of Lovely Om. As soon as I saw her tarot cards I knew they were the perfect subject to use to try out my first powder explosion product shot. I needed a couple things I did not have on hand to make this shot, including a Duo Board and the actual powder (check out the how-to video below for where and what products to get from Evan Naka). Once everything is setup with lighting, the powder, etc (see BTS shot below), getting the powder explosion shot itself is just a matter of putting enough powder on the board, and whacking the board hard enough to get enough explosion. It only took a few tries to get the results you see in this blog post. Thank you to Jessica for assisting on this shoot and doing the whacking!

Tarot Card Professional Product Photography for Lovely Om in Albuquerque

June 16, 2022 in Commercial

Tarot Cards featured in creative product photography in Albuquerque

Product photography photo shoots are some of the most interesting types of photo shoots I do here at the JCP Home Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico because of the opportunity to be creative depending on the type of product. For this shoot, tarot cards were featured in a number of creative ways thanks largely to the help of the person who actually made the cards, Darshanie of Lovely Om. She drew the pictures for each tarot card over the course of ten years! Along with her partner Markus, we came up with a fan spread of the cards, some shots featuring a book on tarot and that particular card described on the page, plus my favorite, just spread out some tarot cards and I look for the best angle, kind of freestyle shooting! Thank you to the team at Lovely Om for choosing me as your product photographer!