First Shoot

wfeller

Tough economic times force desparate forays into the unknown:

Trying to sell some hats...





This stuff is beyond me. I probably should have tried featuring the product more. Any suggestions/tips would be appreciated.

(I'd rather be doing landscapes tho)

thoth

Welcome to the People world, Walter!

The two things that struck me first about these shots are that I cannot see the detail on the hats and the backgrounds are pretty darn busy. Given how great your landscape work is, why not take this young lady, and your hats, out to the desert and incorporate that into the advertisement? A nice wide lens could get us in close on the hats and turn those backgrounds into something beautiful.

wfeller

thoth wrote:

Welcome to the People world, Walter!

The two things that struck me first about these shots are that I cannot see the detail on the hats and the backgrounds are pretty darn busy. Given how great your landscape work is, why not take this young lady, and your hats, out to the desert and incorporate that into the advertisement? A nice wide lens could get us in close on the hats and turn those backgrounds into something beautiful.

Thanks Travis, I'll see what I can do.

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ivar

Hi Walter,


I think it's a good attempt, but in general there are too many things that take away the attention from that what the photo is trying to sell; The hat (as you said yourself in your original post).

The 2nd one seems to be the stronger of the two. It seems much more clear what the purpose of the shot is.

I agree with thoth on the background being too distractive. Try a shallower DoF and focus for the hat. The girl could be a bit OoF as well, she's a nice girl but it's about the hats. Maybe even a light/flash on the hats to make them pop out a bit?