{"id":195,"date":"2014-11-06T16:52:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T00:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/?p=195"},"modified":"2015-05-25T23:01:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T06:01:27","slug":"white-background-for-product-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/white-background-for-product-images\/","title":{"rendered":"White Background for Product Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The explosion of Amazon as a marketplace has sent many sellers scrambling to meet the \u00a0\u201con white background\u201d standard set for Amazon sellers. It can be frustrating because Amazon defines on-white as in RGB color 255, 255, 255.\u00a0 The slightest off shade results in non-compliance.<\/p>\n<p>There are two ways to achieve this pure white.\u00a0 The best quality is to shoot the product on white and truly have it ON white, properly lit. Like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shoe-angle.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-196 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shoe-angle.jpg\" alt=\"shoe product on white background\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shoe-angle.jpg 400w, http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/shoe-angle-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But what if your product is white?\u00a0 If you try to shoot white on white (pure white) without professional setup equipment you\u2019ll end up with little definition to your product.\u00a0 There are techniques used by photographers one of which is using acrylic to give a suspended look to the product and flooding it with light resulting is a rich depth of white \u2013 on white. \u00a0Notice the sheen, the fibers of the nylon straps and the full out line of each product. \u00a0Like this:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/white-on-white-photography.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-198 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/white-on-white-photography.jpg\" alt=\"White on White Product Photography\" width=\"720\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/white-on-white-photography.jpg 720w, http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/white-on-white-photography-300x217.jpg 300w, http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/white-on-white-photography-413x300.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other method of achieving a pure white background is using Photoshop to extract the product.\u00a0 If you begin with a properly well-lit product and know you will finish the work in Photoshop this can result in getting more shots taken in your session time.\u00a0 It\u2019s a discussion to have with your client.\u00a0 Extraction works for products with defined lines \u2013 fuzzy slippers will be more time consuming to extract.\u00a0 As a photographer you need to budget your time, or you will spend more time in Photoshop than if you had properly lit the product to begin with. Bottom line: get a the best image with your camera and you can save time OR do the most in Photoshop.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/boutique-t-shirts.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-197 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/boutique-t-shirts.jpg\" alt=\"T-shirts Extracted for White Background\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/boutique-t-shirts.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/boutique-t-shirts-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/boutique-t-shirts-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The explosion of Amazon as a marketplace has sent many sellers scrambling to meet the \u00a0\u201con white background\u201d standard set for Amazon sellers. 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