Tips on work photography
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- agentfour
Im currently working on my folio as im gonna be moving country soon, so i tried setting up a little whitewall at home on teh weekend to take some pics of brochures, annual reports etc. But they all look shite. Reflections, bad light no colour etc. I was just using a 4megapixel snapshot camera because thats all i have but they photos werent good enough to use in a folio. Can anyone give me some tips on lighting etc to help me out?
thanks muchly!
- NegativeSpace0
I am having a bit of the same problem, as I have to do this next week or so, was even thinking of renting a digital slr for the job.
I know for me in the few shots ive done, shooting outside with bright natural sunlight has given me the best results.
Otherwise if you want super quality it might be best to find someone local who can shoot it. A buddy of my friend is a food photographer and he shot his portfolio relatively quick and the results were great.
Looking forward to any further tips as well :)
- agentfour0
b.p.
- Fariska0
Do the photos with sunlight, and use a tripod (so you don't have to care about times of exposure), and put white curtains on windows/doors to have diffuse light (to avoid reflections).
If you can avoid artifical lights. If you really need artificial light use this kind of lamps: http://www.prismaecat.lighting.p…
And do not use it directly on the subject of the photo, use indirect light. And of course, set the white balance of the photocamera to have right colours (even in natural or artificial light)
- rabattski0
pulling the hand brake here.
why not not photograph it? like do it how most portfolios are supposed to be, show the work and not just photos of the work?
imo it's really a trend to photograph the work and show the photo. not saying it won't work but most of the time it's better to show the printed matter itself. i've seen portfolios w/ all work photographed (most of the time unfunctional and sometimes unnecessary window dressing (of bad work)).
- imakedesign0
you could invest in one of those white cube thingys.
beg, borrow or steal a half decent camera.
- agentfour0
thanks fariska. I was thinking of doing that. Diffusing the sunlight with some white silk or something like a softbox.
rabbatski, im just trying something which i havent done before. I did my last portfolio the normal way but i really didnt like the finished product. It all looked stale and boring....probably because my whole folio was totally white and minimalist. I also have dvd, cd and video covers which i think look much nicer when photographed well.