How can I make product photos with solid-colored backgrounds?

Question

I'm trying to achieve an effect so the part of the product photo is filled with a solid color background, something similar to:

Currently I have two ideas on how to implement this:

• Shoot a product on white background, cut it, and add background via Photoshop.
• Or find a colored sheet and take a picture in front of it.

What method would you use to achieve effect like on above photo?

Answer 1

As a rule of thumb if you can do it in-camera then you should. If nothing else, getting that kind of mask right in post processing can be time consuming and fiddly. It all adds time to your workflow that you don't really need to spend.

Do it with a backdrop and a coloured sheet - it'll be slightly more difficult to set up initially but once it's done once then it's done for all the products.