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How to shoot stock tutorial
Published: 2009-04-09 01:11:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 79436; Favourites: 1595; Downloads: 4187
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This is a linkable version of my "how to shoot stock for DA" journal entry.(Version 2.0)
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Sweet tutorial! Keep 'em coming. I appreciate especially the info on the scrim... I would have just assumed that was a sheet or white muslin... Had no idea there was actually scrim material...
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A really nice tutorial... Very intrusctive
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wow... just wow. I have to agree with all the above about how well articulated that all was.
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man, thnx a lot, really... thnx for dedicating your time en effort in teaching us
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Ah really great tutorial. Thank you so much. It was quite interesting to read.
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Wow i've just been to school. Taking reference photo's should be a lot easier after reading this. It will save me from how much touch up time I waste.
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Holy shit. Looks like I'll have a nice project on my hands when i have the new studio space. $140.00 for that magnificent sweep? Freaking amazing. Dude. Thank you for this tut.
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Nag me and maybe I can post some build notes on how I made it. There are things I learned in the process and stuff I'd do differently.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to make this tutorial. Much appreciated!
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awesomeness
i especially like the part about 'dont point real guns at photographers' lol
thanks
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Oh awesome, very nice! Thanks for sharing! ^_^
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great tutorial.. scrim.. gotta get me some.
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Mjranum, you my dear are a great writer. I'm no photographer, and have no interest it in what so ever. Even so, I couldn't help but get hooked into your tutorial, and on top of it I actually learned a little something about the process of taking a decent picture. This will surely help out a lot of photographers, should they have the brains to come here and read it. Kudos to writing one hell of a tutorial.
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Thanks! I love this stuff and I try to do it justice.
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Thank you for this very nice tutorial! i could use this when i start my own photo studio someday..
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Thank you so much! I need this just for my photography in general! Thank You!!!!
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I <3 you so much. Someone referred to me this in your journal before it was an image file to fave, when I mentioned I was having problems doing stock photography, and since reading this I've learned a lot. (Just haven't been able to put it to practice yet!) Your tutorial is very much helpful!
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Great tutorial...but for that extra hint of professionalism, try something other than Comic Sans for your typeface...your photography is pretty professional looking, it's a shame to see it degraded by such an immature looking type face...
Otherwise, nice job, lots of useful information for photographers
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I have no idea how someone can consider a font to be "immature" or unprofessional. That's weird.
It's a font, WTF?
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Hey, typefaces can convey any type of mood or style. Something written in Comic Sans or Chalkboard has a playful, more childish tone to it than something written in Trade Gothic or Helvetica.
Typefaces have character too, just like pictures...
Sorry, I wasn't trying to sound condescending, I know that type choice isn't very important to a lot of people...
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No, it's OK. I didn't take it as condescending - I was just really sincerely puzzled. I don't read much into a typeface. Actually, I don't think I read anything into a typeface; it's just shapes. Maybe that's me. I've heard other people say that I shouldn't use red to emphasize things but I think red contrasts nicely against grey. Etc.
If comic sans has a more playful tone, then I kinda like that! I'm a playful guy!
I nearly did it in "abbadon" but it would have been unreadable at that size; I was shooting for clarity because I wanted to use a very small pixel size because I had a lot to say.
Maybe next time I'll use something else.
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I can't believe someone yelled at you for using Comic Sans. 
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There are picky guys and Mix-Master-P
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Font is not equal font.
Your photographs are really awesome!
BUT! Using Comic Sans and Arial (I think it was Arial) is not justifiable.
Here's a list of the best fonts:
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I think my favorite part of this is seeing your set-ups for backgrounds and lighting. That will be very helpful in the future. Thank you for all of this.
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oh my goodness, thanks for all the effort you put into that! great information. i just learned more from that than a year in photo class.
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This tutorial is amazing, and so thorough!
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I love you for this 
Seriously, it's amazing seeing your setup and hearing tips on how you work. I'm going out as soon as possible and buying some pvc pipe and a big sheet
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I humbly (seriously!) suggest you don't use a sheet; buy a scrim on ebay or use white nylon or goretex. Sheets don't transmit light very well compared the the scrim material. Scrims are made of the same stuff as the front of a softbox; I guess I should have said that in my writeup.
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Glad I'm reading the comments! I was about to go out and get a piece of muslin for the scrim part.
I've also read that using the sunlight covers you put in the windshields of cars works as a good, cheap reflector.
This article from a Do It Yourself Site is just full of awesome lighting hacks (like a airline barf bag as a lighting diffusuer, how to build your own ring flash out of a toothpaste tube and fiberoptic strands, etc): [link]
Thanks for writing this! I'm adding it to my collection of tuts for future reference. It's been so much help seeing the studio setup, especially! My main issue is just not knowing how to use my space and reflect light correctly (as I shoot in a basement with icky fluorescent lighting).
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Hmm. How much more expensive would a scrim or nylon/goretex be? I have a rather limited budget 
I wouldn't need much for now, since I do mostly object stock. But in the future I want to recruit some members of my former ballet company to do some model stock with them, and need to find a low-cost lighting solution; I figure a diffuser screen with bright lights behind it would be the cheapest, and I could use the screen to reflect the sunlight on sunny days as well. I'm familiar with scrim material from years in the theatre but had assumed that sort of material was rather expensive.
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Actually for object stock, I'd suggest building yourself a Light Tent: [link]
I've been using it to shoot objects for eBay and it's handy for diffusing light and eliminating any background
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Very good point.
I actually started to make a walk-in light tent - 12x12x12 - but then I realized I was losing my mind.
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