Thursday, September 18, 2014

Important Tools The Apparel Photographers Must Have

By Lessie Kaufman


Professionals have tools that they need to use when they are working. The tools are necessary for them to either make their work more efficient or to provide quality outputs. No professionals is exempted from this fact. Even apparel photographers need tools for their work. Here are some of the tools that they will most likely use.

There is the steamer. It should already be obvious but the said tool is needed so that you can quickly refresh the morning wardrobe. This should help work in more volume to fabrics. It works best with heavier fabrics too. You need at least a 1200 watts steamer that provides a consistent flow of steam when turned on.

Clothing racks. You need a few clothing racks for your work. This is where you will be hanging the clothes you will be taking a photo of. When it comes to the clothing racks, you should buy more than one of it. Not only that, it will be beneficial for you to buy clothing racks with rollers because these are easier to move from one location to another.

You need a quality lint brush as well. The said tool should help you keep your clothes dust-free and debris-free. You can take a picture of the clothes without worrying about unidentifiable things that make them look ugly. The lint brush is very useful in removing stray hairs, dust, and loose threads that cling to the clothes stubbornly.

Shears or scissors. Whenever you need to cut off loose threads and even the price tag of the clothes that you are trying to get a photo of, the best tool that you should use for that is either the shears or the scissors. Both of these items have the purpose of cutting. It helps you easily get rid of loose threads and tags.

Pins are essential for your work. That is why it is imperative for you to keep all sorts of pins at your disposal. They may be sewing pins, safety pins, bobby pins, and thumbtacks. It will never hurt to have too much of these things at your disposal. You can use these pins whenever you need to alter the clothing without extensive sewing.

There is a need for you to get some fill too. This is meant to fill and plump up some clothes, especially those that were used on mannequins. The mannequins might be too plain and there might be no life in them so you better use the right filling to liven things up. You can use gift wraps, foams, and even clear plastic bags for this.

You need a clear tubing as well. It should be easy to find the clear tubing at the hardware store, specifically at the plumbing section. You can say that this is one of the great tools to have to add structure to the dress you are taking a picture of. You can use this when filling the sleeves and even giving them shape.

Cork board. You need a cork board when you need a backdrop. You can easily add a backdrop behind the piece of clothing by pinning the backdrop on the cork board. This is where you will find the thumbtacks handy.




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