Midjourney Prompts for Product Photography & Design [V5]

With Midjourney's newest version, V5, we can prototype and validate products faster than ever before. Midjourney spits out beautiful product photography straight out of the box.

One of the first things to consider in product photography is the shots. In the previous article, we covered different types of angle shots in photography [insert link]. They expose details that help the product to be more pleasing in the eyes of the viewer.

To make the subject more realistic don't use prompts like “photorealistic, photorealism, realistic photo”, as it will make some of the product looks digitalize. Contradicting right? Instead, you can consider using “Studio Lighting, Product Photography” Here are some viewpoints suitable for product photography that you may explore!

• Close-up / Macro Photography
• Eye-level
• Top Down / High-Level View

Close-up / Macro Photography

These prompts use the stylize (--s) and aspect ratio (--ar) parameters.

commercial photography of cyberpunk headphones, pastel neon background, 32k uhd, triadic color grading --s 75 --v 5.2 --ar 4:3 

macro product photography, marijuana bud, violet strain, studio lighting white background, 420 --v 5.2 --ar 16:9 --stylize 1000

macro product photography of an sapphire iphone 14 pro max, studio lighting --ar 16:9 --q 2 --v 5.2

Eye-level

Eye-level Commercial film photography of a white wine bottle in the middle of vines from the south of France, sunny summer day, packshot, focus, depth of field, shot on 120mm, shot on Hasselblad, sharp focus, --v 5.2 --ar 16:9

london made with Lego studio photography, product photography, light backgorund, photo vintage color grading, film lightning --q 2 --v 5.2 --ar 4:3

Top down / High - level view

Freshly baked cookies with chocolate chips on top. Top down view. Shot using a Hasselblad camera, ISO 100. Professional color grading. Soft shadows. Clean sharp focus. High - end retouching. Food magazine photography --v 5.2 --ar 16:9

steaming cup of cappuccino standing on a table, close-up shot, Coffee beans. The logo made from the coffee on the cup is visible from a slightly angled top-down view. The photo was taken with a professional camera using soft warm lighting, without a flash. --v 5.2 --ar 16:9

Product Effects

Commercial photography, powerful explosion of purple dust, designer lipstick, white lighting, studio light pastel background, high resolution photography --v 5.2 --ar 4:3

Commercial photography, powerful explosion of mix color dust, designer shoes, white lighting, studio light, high resolution photography, insanely detailed, fine details, isolated plain, stock photo, professional color grading, award winning photography, --v 5

Commercial photography, powerful objects pouring in a glass, a can of coca-cola, white lighting, studio light, water splash effect, high resolution photography, insanely detailed, fine details, isolated plain, stock photo, professional color grading, award - winning photography --ar 4:3 --v 5.2 

Fresh banana seamless background, adorned with glistening droplets of water. Top down view. Shot using a Hasselblad camera, ISO 100. Professional color grading. Soft shadows. Clean sharp focus. High - end retouching. Food magazine photography. Award winning photography. Advertising photography. Commercial photography

Color Grading

Cross Processing Color Grading

it results in a unique and stylized look characterized by high contrast, boosted saturation, and unusual color shifts.

Eye-level product film photography of an air freshener bottle spray, bamboo trees background, focus, depth of field, shot on 120mm, shot on Hasselblad, Cross Processing Color grading --v 5

Triadic Color Grading

It is the use of three colors on the color wheel equidistant from each other, commonly used in advertising, graphic design, and product branding where a pleasing color combination is crucial to catch the viewer's attention.

Triadic Color, Extreme Close-up of eye glasses it is inspired by rayban, photoshoot, triadic color, packshot, focus, depth of field, shot on 120mm, shot on Hasselblad, sharp focus --ar 2:1 --v 5

Moody Color Grading

Moody color grading creates darker shades of the product while reducing the brightness and contrast of the surrounding background product look which is a bit similar to cinematic color grading.

Close-up product shoot of basketball inside miami heat basketball court, water splash, sunlight, hyper-detailed, zoomed, shot on 120mm, shot on Hasselblad, Moody Color grading, --ar 2:1 --v 5

Vintage Color Grading

Commercial shoot of soccer boots, blue red white stripes gold studs, Adidas hyper-detailed, zoomed, Adidas Collaboration with Barcelona Theme,shot on 120mm, shot on Hasselblad, Vintage Color grading --ar 2:1 --v 5

Things to try!

Explore your own brand

By utilizing Midjourney's resources, you can produce limitless creativity. Here's a simple short guide on how to create your desired product

Labeling (requires patience)
Prompt weights and sequencing of prompts are very important to add text to your product. Usually, the text that you wanted to input will not appear on a single try and you need to reroll it multiple times.

Prompt guide: "[Name of the product] [prompt weight] [type of the product] “> text product photo”, [shot type] [background], [other prompts], spell text correctly and clear —v 5"

Colex Watch (Rolex inspired)

Colex :: 1 watch Colex > text product photo, black background front view, it is made of gold and contains diamond, watch for men, spell text correctly and clear --v 5

Buchi Designer Bag (Gucci)

Bucchi :: 1 designer Bag Buchi > text product photo, close up, a majestic background 3d by Salma Aboukar, trending on aestheticism, wallpaper, made of flowers, feminine, high detailed, close up, spell text correctly and clear --v 

In some cases, background prompts won't work when you are adding text in Midjourney. It's either you will have a grubby background with correct and clear text in it or vice versa. Here's some guide

Always choose a minimal background

As you can see even if the prompt has "white background, --no background" the generated photo still has it, choose a generated image with a minimal background and correct text as this would be the basis for your next prompt.

Attach and Modify

Now that you have your basis, you can now include the generated image earlier and mix different types of viewpoints, product effects, and color grading for your product.

Final output

E-Commerce Product Photography

macro photography of kids toy camper, photo, product photography high resolution, studio lighting, with shadows, modern, minimalistic, neutral color pallete--ar 3:2 --s 250 --v 5

a close-up shot of a pair of sunglasses on a white background, high resolution, studio lighting, with reflections, modern and sleek design, minimalistic, neutral color palette, shiny finish, gradient lenses --v 5

macro photography of a high graded green matcha powder on a white background, high resolution, studio lighting, with shadows, modern, minimalistic, neutral color pallete, gradient packaging --v 5

a close-up shot of a dark brown leather wallet on a white background, high resolution, studio lighting, with shadows, modern and sleek design, minimalistic, neutral color palette, shiny finish, gradient packaging --v 5 

close-up shot of a pink and purple bath bombs on a white background, high resolution, studio lighting, with shadows, modern, minimalistic, neutral color pallete, gradient packaging --v 5

close-up shot of a green matcha on a white background, high resolution, studio lighting, with shadows, modern, minimalistic, neutral color pallete, gradient packaging --v 5

photography of 11.11 photo album, moon details, moon goddess themed, planets, product photography, on a white background, high resolution, studio lighting, with shadows, modern, minimalistic, neutral color pallete, --s 250 --v 5