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Photograph a Rolex watch, product photography lighting techniques

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Ed

Lee Morris of R.L. Morris Photography attempts to shoot a Rolex watch ad using studio lights and reflectors. After the shoot Lee shows how he used Photoshop to complete the final image. You can view more of Lee’s work at www.rlmorris.com and view more videos like this at www.fstoppers.com.

Duration : 0:9:52


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15 Responses to “Photograph a Rolex watch, product photography lighting techniques”

  1. tavutube

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    Awesome video …
    Awesome video tutorial…btw what Video camera are u using…?

  2. bangzilla

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    great vid,

    great vid,
    although i might have polished the metal on that watch a little more with a microfiber, it looks a little cloudy

  3. whoissarthak

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    Can you please tell …
    Can you please tell what camera was this video shot with? Great stuff anyway!!

  4. pfauland

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    Just our of …
    Just our of curiosity – why did you plan the shoot from the beginning as two separate ones? I was doing some “watch photography” recently and tried to get everything looking cool in one go just because of the problems/difficulties with assembling the single frames.

    Best Regards

    Peter

  5. mafco

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    great one. i like …
    great one. i like that you said something about the time used.

  6. Sunshockey14

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    wow your computer …
    wow your computer is hella slow

  7. iSpinify

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    9:21 “Somewhat …
    9:21 “Somewhat informative”?

    This video wasn’t somewhat informative,

    it was VERY informative. Thanks for the video. Learned a lot from a great photographer like you.

  8. itubeutude

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    Watch looks …
    Watch looks photoshoped on. Not a good result for such a long time spent.

  9. vidal1986

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    i am a student of …
    i am a student of photography, and for still life i’m used to use a large format camera. you have done a pretty cool job, but really… why don’t u use at least a digital hasselblad? Anyway good as hell, interesting for me, it let me get better with the studio of lighting

  10. LoneRiderz

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    Wow… that’s a lot …
    Wow… that’s a lot of work.

  11. miavonni

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    very cool and …
    very cool and ballsy putting this out knowing some will try and pick u apart!!!I great info I like the details of ur thought process and step by step thnx!!

  12. IbnSaeed

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    One of the best …
    One of the best tutorials, i really like the story and the steps that lead to the final image.

    Can you make more product photography tutorials . this was immensely beneficial.

  13. FStoppers

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    Keller, thanks for …
    Keller, thanks for the comments. What we have found is by using lenses with the Vibration reduction (VR, VC, IS) we can easily handhold the camera and get stabile footage much easier now. Watch our video on the Tamron 17-50 VC lens….it’s the only lens that is 2.8 in that range with Stabilization for Nikon (canon might have their own). Add stabilization to a steadicam and your footage will look AMAZING!

  14. linezero3

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    Nice photoshoot!! …
    Nice photoshoot!! I’ve always wanted to know how Porsche-Design Photoshoots their products :)

  15. keller2279

    - 31st Aug, 10 05:08am

    good work yall.. …
    good work yall.. keep going with this fstoppers thing– lots of good stuff already. excellent lighting throughout this piece, great quality video, well put together and good presentation. the only critique i would have is look into some kind of shoulder-mounted stabilization for some of the hand held shots. dslrs are very unforgiving when it comes to hand held video. this and your other videos are excellent– keep it up.

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