edds_bestfriend
May 20th, 2010, 10:59 PM
Hey everyone,
So I somehow came across a graphic design job at a kitchenware company and I've got some questions.
I'm basically in charge of photographing the company's products and basically any art/graphic design related work. I've got the graphic designing down, but the problem is that I've never really been formally trained in the prep part of it. Such as what I need to do to prep digital files so that we can get the product as close to how to we want it as possible. I know about CMYK and bleed lines and such...but that's about it. Er...I know this is kind of weird. Its a small company and my boss was the one who was doing all the art stuff before I got there. He's just been winging it this whole time...So we both are kind of winging it now.
Another thing is photography. Here is a aim convo I had with a friend that I've condensed..
i'd like to know how to get the best shot possible for something like pots and shiny metal stuff
but i dont know much about cameras or lighting or anything for that matter
i got a recommendation for a camera but you see
i borrowed someones slr camera and was trying to take a shot
(8:55:30 PM): they come out really really yellow
(8:55:36 PM): i think this is because the lighting is not good
(8:55:50 PM): or perhaps the camera setting is not good
(8:56:26 PM): we've been just using a regular digital camera
(8:56:39 PM): with the white light setting on tungsten
(8:57:08 PM): it takes decent shots for one product but if there are products in the back, it gets blurry
Sorry, that was probably really hard to read....Um. Anyways. So that is my second problem. We've got these huge lights, but they don't seem to do much.
Anyways. Can anyone recommend anywhere I can take a quick crash course on this type of stuff? Or a site maybe? Where to people learn to do these things in the first place. @_@
Thanks for reading. >_>
So I somehow came across a graphic design job at a kitchenware company and I've got some questions.
I'm basically in charge of photographing the company's products and basically any art/graphic design related work. I've got the graphic designing down, but the problem is that I've never really been formally trained in the prep part of it. Such as what I need to do to prep digital files so that we can get the product as close to how to we want it as possible. I know about CMYK and bleed lines and such...but that's about it. Er...I know this is kind of weird. Its a small company and my boss was the one who was doing all the art stuff before I got there. He's just been winging it this whole time...So we both are kind of winging it now.
Another thing is photography. Here is a aim convo I had with a friend that I've condensed..
i'd like to know how to get the best shot possible for something like pots and shiny metal stuff
but i dont know much about cameras or lighting or anything for that matter
i got a recommendation for a camera but you see
i borrowed someones slr camera and was trying to take a shot
(8:55:30 PM): they come out really really yellow
(8:55:36 PM): i think this is because the lighting is not good
(8:55:50 PM): or perhaps the camera setting is not good
(8:56:26 PM): we've been just using a regular digital camera
(8:56:39 PM): with the white light setting on tungsten
(8:57:08 PM): it takes decent shots for one product but if there are products in the back, it gets blurry
Sorry, that was probably really hard to read....Um. Anyways. So that is my second problem. We've got these huge lights, but they don't seem to do much.
Anyways. Can anyone recommend anywhere I can take a quick crash course on this type of stuff? Or a site maybe? Where to people learn to do these things in the first place. @_@
Thanks for reading. >_>