StretchLearn Course

Make product images that sell, without hiring a studio

A designer-focused path from bare table to retouched, platform-ready product photos.

Beginner10 hr 20 minSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

Designers are increasingly expected to capture and finish product imagery, not just lay it out. This course teaches the lighting, styling, and post-production craft behind professional product shots, using a single-light to three-light approach and a Lightroom Classic plus Photoshop workflow. You finish able to plan a shot list, light reflective and matte surfaces, style flat lays and hero shots, and deliver retouched, correctly-sized files for Shopify, Amazon, and brand decks.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

Build a controllable product lighting setup using one to three lights, diffusion, and reflectors

Style hero shots, flat lays, and grouped sets using composition and prop hierarchy rules

Configure a camera for product work with the correct aperture, ISO, white balance, and tethering

Edit raw files in Lightroom Classic with calibrated color, exposure, and batch sync

Retouch product images in Photoshop using frequency separation, clipping paths, and clean white backgrounds

Export platform-correct files that meet Amazon, Shopify, and print specifications

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: Foundations of Product Photography for Designers

Set up your space, gear, and camera so every shot starts controllable and repeatable. This module removes the technical guesswork before you touch styling.

3 lessons

Why Designers Own the Image, Not Just the LayoutContent · 45 min

Preview Enabled

Your Gear, Space, and Light SourceContent · 50 min

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Camera Settings and Tethering for Product WorkContent · 50 min

LMS Access

Module 2

Module 2: Lighting Products Like a Studio

Move from one light to three and learn to tame the two hardest surfaces: glossy and reflective. This is where flat snapshots become dimensional product shots.

3 lessons

The One-Light Setup and the Inverse Square LawContent · 50 min

LMS Access

Three-Light Setups and Shadow ControlContent · 55 min

LMS Access

Reflective, Glossy, and Translucent SurfacesContent · 55 min

LMS Access

Module 3

Module 3: Styling and Composition

Direct the eye with composition, build flat lays and grouped sets, and use props and surfaces that support the brand rather than distract from it.

3 lessons

Composition Rules That Direct the EyeContent · 50 min

LMS Access

Flat Lays and Grouped Product SetsContent · 50 min

LMS Access

Props, Surfaces, and Brand-Aligned StylingContent · 50 min

LMS Access

Module 4

Module 4: Editing, Retouching, and Delivery

Take RAW files through a Lightroom-to-Photoshop pipeline to color-correct, retouch, clean backgrounds, and export platform-correct files at scale.

3 lessons

Lightroom Classic: Color, Exposure, and Batch WorkflowContent · 55 min

LMS Access

Photoshop Retouching: Clean-Up, Frequency Separation, and BackgroundsContent · 60 min

LMS Access

Exporting for E-commerce, Print, and Brand UseContent · 50 min

LMS Access

Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

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