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How to Use a Tube Light as an Invisible Softbox

Want to try out product photography but can't afford a softbox? They can be expensive pieces of kit, but invisible ones cost a lot less. In this 6-minute video by Leo Rosas, learn how to use a cheap tube light as a makeshift softbox.

How to Photograph Glassware on a Pure White Background

Glassware makes for beautifully contrasting shapes on a white background. Taken under studio lighting, this high-key style of photography looks really impressive. If you're into product photography, then this 8-minute tutorial by photographer Dustin Dolby of workphlo is one you will want to watch.

How to Capture a Bold Wine Bottle Photo with a Single Speedlight

If you're interested in product photography, Dustin Dolby's channel workphlo is definitely worth a bookmark. Using minimal equipment, he's able to capture distinct looks like this makeup shot, and in this tutorial he'll show you how a single speedlight can produce a bold beautiful wine bottle photo that looks 100% pro.

How to Shoot a Professional Wine Photo with Speedlights and a Kit Lens

This simple step-by-step tutorial comes to us from Dustin Dolby of Workphlo, who's got a knack for shooting high-end product photography with minimal gear. This time, he's showing us how to quickly and easily capture a professional wine photograph using just two speedlights and a kit lens.

How to Shoot a High-End Cosmetics Photo with Cheap Speedlights

If we wrote it once, we've written it a thousand times: you don't need expensive equipment to capture high-quality studio photography. As photographer Dustin Dolby of Workphlo demonstrates in this video, even that expensive cosmetics look is doable with cheap speedlights... and skill.

How to Build a Great DIY Lightbox for Under $50

There are a ton of options out there for building your own product photography lightbox, but this is one of the simplest and most functional creations we've seen. For under $50, you can build it for yourself.

This High-Tech Watch Strap Adds Two Cameras to the Apple Watch

To hear startup Glide tell it, your smartphone camera is just too difficult to reach at a moment's notice, sitting there in your pocket. The next step in the evolution of the portable camera must be attached to you, which is why they developed CMRA: an Apple Watch strap equipped with not one, but two cameras.

Osiris F1: An Affordable Automatic Film Processor

Remember the Filmomat automatic film processor that went viral in December 2015? If you said "want!" when you saw that machine, there's good news for you: a new personal automatic film processing machine has already hit the market: it's called the Osiris F1.

The $400 Prophix Toothbrush is Also a 10MP Camera for Your Mouth

The camera has found its way into all kinds of products over the past couple of decades, from the phone in your pocket to the car you drive around. One of the latest everyday products to adopt a camera is one you've probably never thought would have one: the toothbrush. The Prophix is a new $400 toothbrush that has a built-in camera for capturing images of your teeth and gums.

MonoShot is an Ultra-Portable Tripod, Monopod, and Selfie Stick

If your smartphone serves as a primary camera in your life, you may have come across a Goldilocks-style conundrum when trying to figure out how to stabilize your phone and trigger it remotely. Standard tripods may be too big and bulky, but a selfie stick is too small and not versatile enough for your needs. The MonoShot is a product that fills the gap between the two ends of the spectrum.

Tiles Are a Product Photographer’s Best Friend

As a product photographer, I've always had a problem with finding what to use as a background. Even more so when I need to go to my client to shoot their products.

Before, I was limited to shooting on a black granite tile. Then I added some do-it-yourself wood planks into my props collection, but carrying the wood planks was a big problem, as they were too heavy and I could only limit myself to about 2 wood planks per shoot.

Foldio360: A Smart Turntable for Making 360º Photos

Back in 2014, the foldable pop-up lightbox called the Foldio2 got over $500,000 of funding through Kickstarter to make product photos easier to shoot.

Now the company behind that lightbox, ORANGEMUNKIE, is back with a new product: the Foldio360. It's a smart turntable that's designed to bring 360-degree photography to the masses.

Yongnuo YN360 is an App-Controlled LED Light Wand for Just $62

Yongnuo is a Hong Kong-based photo gear company that's best known for making cheap flashes and creating near-identical clones of popular Canon and Nikon prime lenses. Now the company is branching off into yet another area: LED light wand.

The upcoming YN360 is a new LED light wand that provides a cheaper alternative to similar products out on the market.

Apple Launches an Official Smart Battery Case for the iPhone

If an iPhone plays a big role in your photography, either as a pocket computer or as a primary camera, and you suffer from dead-battery anxiety, there's some good news for you: Apple just announced an official battery case that greatly extends your phone's battery life.

These Pro Product Photos Were Shot in a Bathtub

Polish photographer Rafał Krasa recently launched Eupidere, a new brand of high-end leather camera straps. He wanted some product photos with a seamless white background but didn't have the proper studio setup, so he decided to go with what he did have: his bathtub.