HOW TO: Photograph a perfume bottle.

This guide will show you how to photograph a perfume bottle done right. If you followed my previous HOW TO, the same concept applies. The lighting will be based on the subject matter, is it transparent, non-transparent or reflective. In this case, my perfume bottle is transparent. The key to photograph transparent object it to light up the background, because the transparent element of the bottle will light up the inside of the bottle. The new twist to this one, we want to achieve the toning effect, where it is not useful when you use a square softbox because the edge is too straight and the line will appear sharp. If you refer back to my previous HOW TO photograph bottle, check the highlights on the bottle. It is perfectly sharp and straight. We dont want that here, we want a perfectly diffused tone from highlights to shadow.

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HOW TO: Quick Fix.

This tutorial will show you how to fix your color temperature, highlights and shadows in just one go by using the Level Tool. This is very useful to the get best possible fix if you havent calibrated your screen monitor.

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HOW TO : Composite Imagery.

Alright folks, If you’re like me living in Malaysia, the weather can be sometimes too harsh for your photograph, it seems impossible to get that clear blue skies you’ve wanted in your shots. Today I’ll reveal whats the secret behind those perfect exposure photograph you’ve been seeing in leading advertising ads. I’ll teach you how to combine two images into one. This is the same shiz you’ll be getting from Joey L’s tutorial, hold on to your pens and notepads.

Tutorial after the jump :)