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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