Indian photographer Kunal Daswani created this short and sweet beginner’s tutorial on how you can easily shoot a product photo using natural window light and a few sheets of white printer paper.
The basic idea is that you can made yourself a miniature seamless white backdrop by taping some white paper up on a board or vertical surface that’s next to a bright window.
To soften the lighting on the side opposite the window, use another piece of paper to bounce light back onto your product.
Using just his iPhone 6 Plus, Daswani shot this clean product photo of his Olympus mirrorless camera:
Voila! Simple product photography with stuff you have lying around at home.
Image credits: Video and still frames by Kunal Daswani and used with permission
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.