103: Brian Rodgers Jr - The Key to Unlocking Lively Product Photography with Photoshop

Brian Rodgers Jr is the founder of Digital Art that Rocks. A
company that creates visual assets like and Indiana Product
Photography for companies. Watch just one of his slew of
photoshop time-lapse on youtube and you will be blown away! Today
I welcome Brian Rodgers Jr!


In This Episode You'll Learn:


How Brian's high school class prepared him for photography
and graphic design

Why Brian walked away from what he thought was a dream job

What book gave Brian a heightened sense of creativity

How a $9 hardware store item taught Brian lighting

The importance of photoshop in product photography

Some obvious signs of amateur product photography

Some of the most important tools Brian uses in Photoshop and
what you can do with them

An embarrassing moment Brian had while photographing
architecture 

Why Brian loves to photograph watches

Some of the challenges of photographing small products and
how Focus stacking helps



Resources:


Indiana Product Photography Brian Rodgers Jr Website

Brian's FStoppers Product Photography Course

Brian's Instagram

Digital Art That Rocks Edu

Scott Kelby "The 7 Point System"



Memorable Quotes:


I wanted a career in photography, so I just started producing
my own work

After reading Scott Kelby's book, I had a heightened sense of
creativity! 

I spent hours studying light with those cheap hardware store
clamp lights

Product photography is all about perfection



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Thanks for listening & keep shooting!