Monday, December 15, 2008

Fashion Photography and Elephants

By Gugu Martini

With digital photography, even absolute beginners can now take digital photographs that could almost be mistaken for those taken by a professional. Images can be adjusted and recreated to give effects only available with incredibly high tech equipment a few short years ago. Very few areas of our life haven't felt the effects that digital photography has had during recent years.

One area where it has made a big improvement is in the area of digital fashion photography. Digital fashion photography has been able to move forward in a way that it wasn't able to using traditional film.

It can improve on the mundane and make the good look perfect which is excellent for images that rely on perfection. The world of fashion is fast moving and short lived so digital fashion photography is an excellent medium to both capture and portray these images. Like fashion designers, digital fashion photographers also work in a prestigious field, filled with beauty and glamour.

There are few points to consider about digital fashion photography that will help if you are thinking about taking this step in your career. Any professional photographer will always have their camera with them at all times so they will never miss a shot; this is something you will need to stay focused on.

Good digital fashion photographers know what it is they want to achieve and find a way by experimentation, on how to achieve the desired result. Like any artist you must place the model or models in the way that will create the image that you're looking to achieve. A digital photographer should also be aware that the results of his photos will show others the many steps and points to remember when you are taking a shot.

Knowing what you want and having the knowledge of how to obtain it are two different things and you cannot be a serious digital fashion photographer without learning this. The photographer will almost always achieve better results by using curtains and reflectors plus a tripod with lighting to either the left or right side of the object at an angle of 45 degrees. If very bright lights cannot be avoided then it may be necessary to use polarizing filters to reduce the glare and other backdrop materials to help with the composition.

Is the important aspect of digital fashion photography which can be easily achieved by have plain backgrounds of white or grey. It is unlikely that until you see the final result, you will not understand what the digital fashion photographer was trying to create. A final tip would be that whilst many people do not really study the background as their attention is rightly focused on the image, the two can easily be connected even if it is not at first apparent. - 16069

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