How do you get/take professional pics of your T's for your website
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How do you get/take professional pics of your T's for your website
Re: How do you get/take professional pics of your T's for your website
There are often local professional photographers who will take pictures of your product for very reasonable prices. We work with a local guy here in Michigan and he's great and very reasonable. You might look locally. Some people will even take pictures for a photo credit on your web site.
Re: How do you get/take professional pics of your T's for your website
ya thats what i was wondering, if i actually have to take professional pics. anyways one of my friends is a semi-pro photographer, I'm gunna have him do it.
Re: How do you get/take professional pics of your T's for your website
It's really a good thing to learn to take your own photos. You can constantly tweak your work, get creative and do various landing site photos, add new products, etc. It's easy to do.
The site mentioned upstring, Tabletop studio, is exceptionally good and offers great suggestions.
Here's an easy guide to doing it yourself, assuming you want to just take shots of t-shirts flat without models or on forms. I think this is the best approach.
1) Buy the best point and shoot camera you can afford. The optical quality of the lens will make all the difference in your photos. If you can afford it, buy the Canon G9---the best, by far. Note: You do not need an SLR type camera for this kind of work.
2) But a good set of lights--2 soft boxes with diffusion panels on the front. See the previously mentioned website.
3) Buy a good color balance card, Whibal is the best.
4) learn how to shoot in Camera Raw format---this is probably the most important suggestion.
5) learn Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Elements will be all you need for this type of work.
That's it. Very, very simple to do. But do not buy a cheap camera, remember, it's all about the quality of the lenses---that plus proper lighting and color balance and Raw format are the the tricks to creating pro quality work.
Re: How do you get/take professional pics of your T's for your website
Hi ls1fasho
1. Yes, YOU have to take pro pictures of your product, even if you are not a PRO photographer. (That's what's best now because we are on digital/photoshop era.)
2. Most companies now don't use mannequins anymore. Instead use real-living-models to wear the product on - BUT!!!! heads off.
3. If you want flat-straight-forward picture of your product, layout it relaxed-flat on white or colored background. put crease or folds to make it look "natural", add movement. Don't lay it flat like you ironed the shirt on your floor. See big fashion magazines, they have straight-forward-flat-shots (but with movement, artistry - like hanging on chair, crumpled but labels very visible.
4. As long as you set your camera quality to L, then polish/enhance it using photoshop.
Just a piece of my knowledge and experience, hope it helps. Let me know if above helps, if you need to see a sample please let me know.Goodluck!!!
Re: How do you get/take professional pics of your T's for your website
i definitely think you need good photos of your tees...if you want to sell them. i'm not sure i would buy something if i couldn't see a good photo of it.
bartering worked well for me. i'm a designer by profession, so i traded hours with a photog.
Re: How do you get/take professional pics of your T's for your website
If you live in a town/suburb that has an eBay store, one idea is to make friends with them or make a deal with them to do your photos for you. They already have a photoshooting/lighting booth that's set up just for product photography, so, if you only do a few new designs per month, that could be a better way to go than buying your own equipment.
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review the promo pics thread in the marketing section.....
just buy a nice camera and make it happen..... i bought a nice sony from a photographer and he ran me through the camera in an hour.... and i've been taking pics since..... i also have a higher end photographer that gets my tshirts in with his model shoots..... so thats cool
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