Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Guidelines For A Clothing Photographer

By Shirley Williams


Photography is not a simple task as many might think. There are huge demands placed on these professionals. Any clothing photographer should be astute and skilled if they are to accomplish their task. This makes it necessary to follow some guidelines for them to come up with images that are of high quality, elegant and beautiful.

It is important to be keen about the effect of lighting on the images. Having the appropriate lighting enables the image captured to have unique facets of the garments. Sufficient light makes it possible for you to capture excellent images with less interference and more sharpness. To ensure that you have ample lighting, you can rent lighting equipment at a cheaper cost. However, if renting equipment is not in your budget you can as well use natural light from large window and a reflector panel.

On the same, you have to make sure that the camera settings are properly done. Even with the best quality of the camera and excellent expertise of the professional, it calls for the right settings on your equipment to get impeccable images. In this case, ensure that the camera is configured correctly by investing in some knowledge about ISO, aperture and white balance. The ISO settings should not be higher than 600-640 otherwise; the images quality will be compromised.

On the same, the larger the aperture, the more the aspect of your image will be focused. You need to set your aperture to be more than f/11. In the same breath, set the white balance according to the light or automatic for the camera to decide.

To present such images in different platforms, you need to convert them into web-ready color space profile. These formats include; adobe RGB, CMYK and SRGB. Failure to convert images, viewers will have challenges displaying in different browsers, sites and screens. In most cases, the images will not appear as they are. Before embarking on the exercise of conversion, you should ensure that quality of your images is superb. It is advisable to convert your image into SRGB which is versatile and can be displayed across platforms without compromising its quality.

The images must be edited meticulously. This can be achieved by making sure cropping, background, alignment and color improves the value of the image. For alignment, all the products of your images should be of the same size. Also, the angles, edges, and corners should be organized and arranged in relation to one another.

Cropping on the products of the image, should be done identically with the view of improving its quality. More importantly, you need to crop images in respect to the platform you are going to upload them. This way, you ensure proper dimensions that fit the specific platform.

Come up with a consistent background of the images. You want your image to have similar value no matter the platform the viewer is using to view it. To avoid discrepancies, you can opt for white or light grey background in all images. Since some shades of colors cannot be captured by the camera, it is advisable to use photoshop tool edit a few features and sustain the quality of color of the images.




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