Discuss the fun task of marketing a t-shirt shop. Where to advertise, link building, word of mouth, press releases, search engine marketing, keyword advertising, magazines, etc.
but maybe you should spend more time on the text as it has a "cheap" look on it.
Papyrus has been totally taken over by Firefly/Serenity now as far as I'm concerned. Not that it was really a legitimate font choice in the first place anyway (works surprisingly well for that show though).
Greg ... the first looks good, your brother could definately model. The second one needed something, maybe if he lifted his left hand up to his sunglasses, as if adjusting them.
Chris ... they look great, nicely done ... great use of backdrops. But, you lost me with the powder shot. I kinda feel like you were going for something there, but just can't figure out what.
I think Chris was going for the "addict," theme. The shirt says Addicted to Powder, and you can see the black hooded dealer, handing the girl a pack of "white powder." It is hard to tell at first though.
Greg, your pics are hot! I especially love the ones with your wife. She's gorgeous and the lighting is perfect. The designs are great too, I think your brand is really evolving into something great.
Just some general tips for everyone that have worked well for me:
1. Keep the background simple. High contrast backgrounds or cluttered ones are always distracting.
2. Make sure there are no shadows on the face. Check out any fashion magazine and you will see that the model's face is totally visible and gorgeous even if the picture is all about the clothes.
3. Even the greatest setup can be ruined by lack of focus. A tripod really helps.
^ I agree. Greg your wife is so pretty, I can't believe she's turning 30. She looks my age! (I'm 19, btw) I also like the shirt she's wearing, very nice.
And Scott, I really like the yellow version of that MTA shirt. If I wasn't a poor college student I'd buy one, lol.
Just some general tips for everyone that have worked well for me:
1. Keep the background simple. High contrast backgrounds or cluttered ones are always distracting.
2. Make sure there are no shadows on the face. Check out any fashion magazine and you will see that the model's face is totally visible and gorgeous even if the picture is all about the clothes.
3. Even the greatest setup can be ruined by lack of focus. A tripod really helps.
These are great tips. If you remember the thread I started about a year-and-a-half ago, about taking pics, these are MUCH better.
I remembered the tripod tip you gave in that thread.
It's really a good camera. I'm just learning to use it. With all of the tips you're giving, I bet you can do a nice job of taking some pics and getting the most out of the camera.
It's really a good camera. I'm just learning to use it. With all of the tips you're giving, I bet you can do a nice job of taking some pics and getting the most out of the camera.
man if you lived close, I would want to recruit your wifey to model for us as well (well, if you'd share!).
more tips:
-in addition to simple backgrounds, make sure that the head area is free of stuff...as we've recently seen a tiki enjoying eating a woman's head.
-windows with translucent curtains make a great light diffuser and background. it completely washes out the back...because you know, most of us have studio space and all.
-contrasting backgrounds can be nice if the colors aren't the same intensity. if you have a bright orange shirt against a bright blue background, it is going to produce color vibrations. but if the background is a navy or a greyed down, muted blue it would probably look ab-fab.
-take your time and/or invest money to have someone do it right the first time around. consumers spend about 3 seconds looking at a product and determining whether or not its something they will look further in to. if it looks hurried, cheap, or is just bad quality...you WILL cost yourself potential customers!
- have fun! i personally think there is nothing worse than super serious photos for t-shirts- doods trying to look all hard, gals trying to look overly hot. they're shirts, its not high fashion. lighten up just a smidge!
Some promo shots of the t-shirts alone. They came out pretty good. Getting ready to shoot a lookbook soon. Check em out. I'm actually gonna make a business card with one of these shots on the front.
i took some pics today..... i havent tweeked them or anything..... i grabbed a few that i liked.... so here we go....... and it's the same girl that was in the blue shirt from the pics early on in this thread.... she just has a different hair style now
edit: check the pics below.......
feel free to give me some feedback...... unfortunately i only bought enough shirts for the models to wear and i gave them the shirt....so hopefully i did something right...hahaha
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Last edited by 237am; June 29th, 2008 at 06:50 PM.
thanks.... i had that utube video done about a year ago..... this was when i was still pushing my "architecture type work"....... but i'm actually phasing my 237am website to be my personal portfolio now to get contract design work and then using the 237am name for the trademark for the clothing line...hahah.....
i want to shoot a commercial soon.... i have a camcorder just need to work on editting/etc......
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i tossed this together right quick..... tweeked the levels a bit...
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Last edited by 237am; June 28th, 2008 at 05:39 PM.
That's the kind of opinion I should be paying for T-Bot. Never even thought about the looseness, so thank you for that.
You know, generally we rely on flash video and animated GIFs to relay the message of our product -- but for these photos we were looking for the best way to communicate the product's function in situations (like brochures) where we could only use still photography.
T-Bot, we are about to do some product display stands for retail shops where we intend on using these photos (but we may reshoot now thanks to your advice) and we're going to have three similar photos (different poses) side by side where the equalizer panel is shown at different stages of illumination. What do you think?
Re: Photo Shoot thread - Post your promo photos 
