1.11.2016

Common Mistakes That A Clothing Photographer Should Avoid

By Shirley Williams


There are several common mistakes which most of photographers do not pay key attention to. Yet, figuring out how to display the images in an appealing and fascinating way is the essential goal of every clothing photographer. This makes it necessary to learn common pitfalls in this profession and strive to avoid them. This way, you are sure to come up with exceptional images that your clients will be proud to own.

In this case, you need to make sure that the environment in which the photograph capturing session is taking place, has suitable and enough lighting. This determines the quality of images captured. Sufficient lighting will make it possible to capture photos without noise or grain as termed in the field. Such images will have appropriate sharpness. To achieve ample lighting you can either rent lighting equipment or use the natural light in a setting whereby you have a large window and a reflective panel.

Additionally, the camera settings should be done properly. No matter the prowess of the photographer, if the camera settings are poorly done, then the photos captures will have poor quality as well. For this to be realized you need to have thorough and detailed knowledge on aperture, ISO and white balance set ups for a camera. The ISO settings always be between 600 and 640. Anything less or higher than this reading will result to a compromised image quality.

Additionally, the aperture settings must be higher. This is because, the higher the aperture the more facets of images are captured. The camera aperture should be set at f-11 or more to capture excellent images. In the same vein, the white balance must be set in regard of the lighting; however, you can set it to be auto.

Furthermore, you need to convert your photos in web-ready color space profile. Some of the various color space profile include; adobe RGB, CMYK and SRGB. Failure to choose the correct color space will make the images appear differently in various browsers, screens and sites. Kindly note, the edit should be done after thoroughly perfecting the images. In the same vein, SRGB is the best color space profile that will keep your images vibrant and consistent in various platforms.

Make sure to edit the images carefully and thoroughly. Some editing processes include cropping, changing background, and determining the color and alignment. Alignment done to all the products of the images should be of the same size. At the same time, the angles, edges, and corners are aligned to one another.

Besides, you should crop product image identically, to improve image quality on the different platforms in which it will be viewed. Moreover, you have to crop your image to the size in regard to image specification and attribute of the website in they are uploaded.

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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