Clothing Photography

[davej]

Hi,
I run an online menswear store. At the moment we use my business partner for the photos, he's not really got a model build but it has ok so far.
Now we are looking to expand we really need to improve our photos. We considered using a model but as we are growing steadily we need to continually take a small amount of photos so it won't be feasilble to hire a model just for a few items.
I am looking at buying a mannequin but I'm worried it will look cheap, will it be possible to get images such as this (http://www.asos.com/images/inv/G/15/88/151862/DistressedCharcoal/image1l.jpg) using a mannequin?

[InaGlo]

I would think you could do that easily by shooting against a white background and cloning out the head and arms of the dummy... maybe even just cut & paste.

[Ewan]

My processing skills are far from great (in fact, really really far from great), but yes I think it would be quite easy if you could also use post-processing software like Photoshop. Without any software it might be hard, but probably still doable.

[db247]

You got me shopping for clothes!!! arrrgh. (i deserve that £250 voucher)

[CarlOgden]

These are available round the corner from where I work. If I remember, I'll see if they have a web site and let you know it.

Oh, I'm in Cheetham Hill, Manchester!

Carl.

[davej]

Thanks everyone. Did you find a website Carl?

[h.r.ford]

I"m thinking if you spray painted the mannequin something odd like green or blue and then put it against a white background it would be really easy to then edit the pic as selecting the mannequin would be simple. Just my 2p.

[CarlOgden]

Did you get my PM? Did that company sell anything that would suit you?

Carl.

[CScottMcQueen]

Get a chroma green background and paint the mannequin to match. Some simple photo editing and your clothes could appear anywhere, on a beach, a plain white or even in a forrest. the skies the limit http://www.ephatch.com/forum/images/smilies/naughty.gif

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Get a chroma green background and paint the mannequin to match. Some simple photo editing and your clothes could appear anywhere, on a beach, a plain white or even in a forrest. the skies the limit http://www.ephatch.com/forum/images/smilies/naughty.gif

I have done similar with materal. Just buy a fairly big bit of some solid colour fabric (making sure the colours isnt in whatever you are photographing) I used purple. Then used it as a backgrop and wrapped it around the bits that were going to be "invisable". Didnt quite go to plan as we couldnt remove all the shadows so required a bit of photoshop work.