Shooting a Bottle with ONE Continuous Light and a Smartphone

In this video, I show you how to do bottle product photography on a white backdrop with just one continuous light and a smartphone. I also give some pretty mediocre life advice from Tik Tok.
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0:00 - Introduction (Life/photography lighting lesson from Tik Tok)
2:38 - Setting up the shot
3:20 - Background
4:14 - Camera placement
4:38 - Lighting
5:07 - Managing reflections
6:07 - Adding fill light
7:20 - Camera app & settings
8:10 - Final image analysis
8:52 - Conclusion
9:27 - Final thoughts: Yes, I'm back.
Gear and tools used in the video:
Saw horses: (Amazon) geni.us/n3Bz
White plexiglass: (Amazon) geni.us/U6TPMnW
DIY Food Photography Surfaces: ‪@HijabsandAprons‬
White tri-fold fill card: (Amazon) geni.us/pXMxxd
C-stand: (Amazon) geni.us/egIGW9
Large V-flat: (Amazon) geni.us/JbRQ
Diffusion roll: (Amazon) geni.us/thaq
Godox Sl-60W: (Amazon) geni.us/BRbinR
Tripod: (Amazon) geni.us/wkzmA
Phone clamp: (Amazon) geni.us/WfXl
Godox stripbox: (Amazon) geni.us/HiqSLdI
Music I use for CZcams videos: bit.ly/2TEza2Y

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One smartphone and one light… and 10 other accessories.

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1 very large expensive light

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Figandlight: "keep it simple"
Also him: *immediately over complicates it*

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Please don't forget that we love you and your works. You gave us just not only lighting skills but also warm-hearted smile. Welcome back.

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Just an amazing person. He is my all-time favourite mentor. Perfect timing of coming back. Learning a lot from you and would love to learn a lot more.

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Was so happy to see a new video notification from you!! Welcome back! I hope you're doing great - I love this simple approach, I only have one flash and a camera but I constantly try to re-create full blown shoots with my simple set up just as a challenge for myself to realize that I can create cool photos with minimal equipment!

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I have been struggling with continuous light for quite a while and recently couple of months back I came across your channel.
Your videos really helped me understand the concept and tricks very nicely, at the same moment I was so sad that you didn't post any new videos recently and was hoping you comeback soon.
I hope that you continue to post such amazing Artificial Light Tutorial
Regulary.
Thank you man❤️

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Missed your videos a lot!

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This is so super informative. Really great info, and a much deeper, but still quick understanding of lighting and set up.
I see some people making comments about how you didn't JUST use your phone and an app, but I'd much rather have a more in-depth understanding of lighting and how things can be set up with different tools than to try and figure out why my dollar store equipment and phone camera aren't producing quality photos (been there for months). Having a better understanding of lighting in general in this sense is already helping understand where I've been going wrong, and I'm getting a better idea of what I can do with the means I have to get better product photos.

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I'm so happy to see you're back! 🙌🏼

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Thanks Leena! Glad to be back and to hear this video helped. As always, I appreciate your continued support. I'm sure this goes for many people in this comment section as well 🙂

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thing is many people try to skimp on the photography , most sites i visits , they think their products look ok with their phones but theres a massive difference from ok to amazing , around 30 -40 % in productivity .

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