Micky Bill
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TTLKurtis wrote:
Yes, I meant add on, not give for free. I may be mistaken, but it looks to me like those pens are all using the exact same lighting and exact same positioning. Once you get the first one set up, just leave the camera on the tripod and bang it out... Why would it take more than 5 minutes per pen?
Now, if there are multiple angles per pen, and different backdrops / lighting... that's totally different. But for a static setup, what's the problem?
I don't think there's a shot in hell of getting $7,500 for shooting 75 pens in that lighting setup, but I could certainly be wrong. They're somewhat pricey little pens, but still.
Let us know what you end up getting - would love to hear how this pans out.
There is more to it than someone who has never done production catalog work would assume.
Just like anything else there is a workflow. Unpack the pens from a box, probably all are in individual boxes or plastic bags. Organize them into groups, shiny ones, dark ones, wood ones, different lengths or sizes. Keep track of all the model numbers, I would make a little card to shoot with each pen as it's ID, each pen needs to be checked for scratches or to make sure the clip is on straight, clean up the smudges or fingerprints, place on the surface with most likely some sort of wax to keep them from rolling away and stay in the right spot, double check to be sure they are parallel to the camera, blow any dust off of them, shoot a bracket to be sure the chrome highlights don't burn out and the dark tones don't disappear in case you need to some layer masks at some point. Keep track of all the you shoot as you go along. Repeat 75 times. PP every pen, color match to samples, retouch as needed etc. Enter product number to each file, save, repeat 75 times.
And don't forget to set some time aside for reshoots or missing product.
I think the real $ is somewhere between $13 per shot and $100
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