Photographer Dustin Dolby of the YouTube channel workphlo is used to doing a lot with a little. In this tutorial, he uses a couple of flashes, a piece of clear plexiglass, and his know-how as a product photographer to capture a classic wine look, taking you along every step of the way.
He even shares a neat trick for capturing a perfect masking frame for use in post.
The tutorial is a little over 19 minutes long, so we wouldn't call this "quick and easy," but Dolby does show you the entire process, sharing a ton of great techniques along the way.
The first part of the tutorial covers all of the frames Dolby needs to shoot to put together the perfect wine shot later. That includes a main shot, a brighter photo to bring out details in the label, and three frames with a stripbox placed directly behind his bottle to create a perfect high-contrast black-on-white masking frame to use in Photoshop later.
Then, starting at the 6:25 mark, he jumps into Photoshop to show you how to create that perfect mask and then run you through the many cleanup, correction and compositing steps that turned these two photos:
Left: Main lighting setup | Right: Label detail shot
Into this final shot:
The final photograph after cleanup and compositing in Photoshop. © Dustin Dolby
Watch the full tutorial above to see how this shot came together from start to finish, and then leave Dustin a comment or question either on this post, or on his YouTube videos.
. dpreview.com2017-7-16 17:00