Many commercial photographers do product photography and it’s usually done on a white background. This style of product photography is very common. Web sites, catalogues, newspaper ads, brochures, and billboards, all frequently use “product-on-white.”
A white background is popular because: it reproduces easily and consistently in any medium; it doesn’t distract from the product nor cause any colour cast; it won’t go out of style; it’s easy to drop out or overlay with text; and it’s easy to merge multiple product photos together. White is the most versatile product background.
Crazily enough, in 2014, Amazon was granted a US patent for product-on-white photography. This caused quite an uproar. Tens of thousands of photographers petitioned the US Patent Office to cancel the patent. But photographers can still shoot products on a white background. Amazon’s patented technique is somewhat specific in nature and it’s also unenforceable.
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