From the course: Learning Product Photography

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Additional gear

We've already talked about the cameras and lenses that we'll be using throughout this course, but of course, product photography is about a lot more gear as well. For example, the tripod. This is a very important part of the course. You're gonna need a good steady tripod, not just to hold the camera steady, but it's also about being able to line up that shot exactly the way that you want it, and having a good tripod allows you to do that. Lighting is a critical component in this whole endeavor, and we have lots of different types of lighting to talk about. You can see over my shoulder here, we have LED lights, CFL lights, and then here on the table, we've got strobes. We have camera strobes and big studio strobes as well. We'll be using all of this. Once you add light into the equation, you need to diffuse it and you need to bounce it, so we'll have things like our simple diffusion panels here, there's more diffusion in the back behind me, you see soft boxes and all kinds of fun toys,…

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