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CreativeLIVE - Don Giannatti - Tabletop Product Photography (2012)
English | 4 Days | WMV3 | 968x544 | 29.97fps 852kbps | WMA 192kbps 48.0KHz | 7.32GB
Genre: eLearning

BIO:
Don Giannatti has been a commercial photographer and graphic designer for over 40 years. Starting out with photography as a hobby, he eventually had studios in LA, Chicago and NY. Specializing in people and still life, Don added design to capabilities and in 2000, his agency, OCEAN Integrated Media was the third largest advertising agency in Arizona.

He now shoots and designs for clients all over the US, and teaches a very successful photography workshop several times a year. Voted one of the “Top Workshop Instructors” in the world by the readers of Photo District News, he has also authored three books for Amherst Media and is currently writing a fictional book based on the life of a photographer.

Don’s writes on Photography and the business of creativity at the online magazine, Essentials for Photographers (www.essentials-for-photographers.com) and also leads an online photography course for emerging commercial shooters at Project 52 (www.project52.org). Occasionally he plays drums and keyboards and firmly believes that photography is jazz with a camera.

He lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife Marian, daughters Shanna, Michaila and Alissa and two small, yappy dogs.


CAPPERS NOTES:
The workbook and the Product and Still Life: The Business Side ebook mentioned are part of the PAID for download ONLY, if you want these then you'll have to pay for the course, All the free to download books and Keynotes are included.

Day 1 - This was only a half day setup session where you are shown how to make your own light modifiers. No glitches or drops outs of note.

Day 2 - A huge electrical storm played havoc with the feed, there are a few feed drop outs on a couple of seconds each there wasn't a whole lot missing and all the infomation it there. The replay was the same so looks like a cL issue.

Day 3 - A couple of minor drop outs in the feed but nothing major and the audio keeps running.

Day 4 - Nothing major, a bit of buffering but you'd expect that with a webcast.


Day 1 Pre-Show Banter
1:00 pm - Basic Subject Centric Lighting
1:30 pm - Basic Tabletop Photography
1:45 pm - Basic Tabletop Q&A
2:00 pm - More Basic Tabletop Photography
3:00 pm - Lighting Setups and Implementation
3:30 pm - Building Simple Tools

Day 2 Pre-Show Banter
9:00 am - Why Tabletop Photography?
9:30 am - Product vs. Still Life
10:00 am - Product vs. Still Life Q&A
10:45 am - Basic Tabletop Setup and Gear
11:00 am - Setup and Gear Q&A
11:30 am - Lighting Considerations
12:00 pm - General Q&A
1:15 pm - Shoot: Wine Bottles
2:15 pm - Shoot: Jewelry Part I
3:00 pm - Shoot: Jewelry Part II
3:45 pm - Q&A and Business

Day 3 Pre-Show Banter
9:00 am - Shooting for Dimension
9:30 am - Shooting for Dimension Q&A
9:45 am - The Challenge of Shiny Surfaces
10:15 am - Working with a Variety of Surfaces
10:45 am - Shoot: Make-up and Brushes
11:30 am - Shooting to a Layout
11:30 am - Shooting to a Layout Q&A
1:00 pm - Student Shoots, Part I
1:45 pm - Student Shoots, Part II
3:00 pm - Fixing a Missing Pearl in Photoshop
3:15 pm - The Value of Your Work
"Why I Bought This Workshop"

Day 4 Pre-Show Banter
9:00 am - Product and Still Life: The Modern Challenge
9:30 am - Still Life Demo (Shoes)
9:45 am - Bidding and Pricing Q&A
10:15 am - A Sensible Approach to Gear
11:00 am - Shoot: Guitar with Multiple Light Layers
11:15 am - Guitar: Compositing Lights in Photoshop
11:45 am - Drop and Pop
1:00 pm - Special Shoot: Motorcycle
2:00 pm - Q&A and Relief Cut Shoot
2:30 pm - Thanks + Credits
2:45 pm - Creating Your Product Photography Business, Part I
3:15 pm - Creating Your Product Photography Business, Part II
3:45 pm - Final Wrap Up

More info:
_http://www.creativelive.com/courses/product-photography-don-giannatti