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How to create flecto (reflections) in your watch photos

How to create flecto (reflections) in your watch photos

I love lingo. Wrist checks. Flatlays. Table shots. Terms and concepts that, when taken out of the specific contexts in which they were derived, mean absolutely nothing. They're fun and...

Direct Messages with @lar5erik

Direct Messages with @lar5erik

If I were to survey the watch community, I think I'd have a hard time finding someone who doesn't know, follow, and idolize the work of @lar5erik. His was the...

3 ways to light a watch photo

3 ways to light a watch photo

With my roots in street photography, I’ve become accustomed to rolling with the punches. When you’re on the streets trying to capture candid moments, there’s a pretty heavy reliance on...

How to add grit to your watch photography

How to add grit to your watch photography

Great photos transport the viewer to the moment being depicted. By using visual cues to activate the senses, photographers strive to recreate the sounds, smells, and feelings that make an otherwise flat...

How to create the jacket watch shot

How to create the jacket watch shot

Styling a watch shot is all about pairing it with complementary items that, when displayed together, collectively help to tell a compelling story. Cameras, watch tools, and everyday carries are unsurprisingly...

Watch this HODINKEE flatlay come to life

Watch this HODINKEE flatlay come to life

I love a good editing challenge. I mean, I love editing in general, but when there's an issue that editing can uniquely fix, I'm all in. The challenges are always...

Who is Watch Studies? + Ask Me Anything!

Who is Watch Studies? + Ask Me Anything!

The internet is a funny place. We spend an ungodly number of hours on it every single day, adding to it, consuming content from it, and most absurdly of all,...

6 tips to perfect the pocket shot

6 tips to perfect the pocket shot

Is there anything more candidly cool than standing around with your hands in your pocket with a beautiful watch on the wrist? It's a familiar and relatable scene as we've surely all stood...

My iPad Pro photography workflow in 2021

My iPad Pro photography workflow in 2021

Back in October 2018, Apple introduced a bold new generation of the iPad Pro. Admittedly, at the time, I hadn’t paid too much attention to it. I’ve had one or...

How to eliminate reflections in your black watch dials

How to eliminate reflections in your black watch dials

The day that I start giving you fashion advice might be the day you stop and question everything I've ever told you. Unfortunately, today I'm going to be toeing that...

6 tips to improve your watch photography flatlays

6 tips to improve your watch photography flatlays

Somewhere between Instagram and Pinterest, the irresistible flatlay was invented. In contrast to its perfectly aligned counterpart knolling, the flatlay features a top down view of a disorderly assortment of items seemingly...

How to use Selective Adjustments to improve your watch photos

How to use Selective Adjustments to improve your watch photos

Selective adjustments are definitely one the most useful but under-utilized features that I've come across in Lightroom. Seeing as how I rarely finish editing a photo without using at least...

My Lightroom editing workflow

My Lightroom editing workflow

I can't stress enough that there is no wrong way to edit a photo. Photography is art, and art is subjective. And by extension, the process of how you create...

How to take better wrist shots with your phone

How to take better wrist shots with your phone

The best camera is the one you have on you, as the trope goes. And if you're reading this article right now, I can guess with pretty high certainty that...

Hand modeling for watch photography

Hand modeling for watch photography

Remember last week when I said skin tones were one of the tougher aspects of watch photography? Turns out, posing hands is right up there too. And the fact that...

How to edit skin tones for your watch photos

How to edit skin tones for your watch photos

When it comes to editing, skin tones are one of the elements that gets underestimated all the time. Getting intricate dials, markers, and bezels to look accurate is one thing, but getting the complexion, texture, and...

How to recreate the table watch shot

How to recreate the table watch shot

I've talked at length about the power of depth in watch photography before. In terms of techniques that give you the most visual bang for your figurative buck, adding depth...

4 tips for dark and moody watch photography

4 tips for dark and moody watch photography

As a creative, there's something really appealing about sitting in a dark room while churning away at my craft and brooding over perfection. It's no wonder film is developed in...

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