15 Mar Mastering Industrial Photography Skills for the Beginners

Industrial Photography refers to photographers capturing industrial machinery, equipment, workers and products. It captures the process of manufacturing goods and the workers behind it working hard. These pictures are then circulated to websites, advertisements, brochures, magazines etc.
Example: Images of the Workers
Process of Manufacturing
Workers working on the Products
Assembly line shots
Images of the Machinery
Images of the Equipment

Usage of Industrial Shots:
Conference and Industrial Exhibitions
Corporate Websites
Thematic Wallpapers and Articles
Training Materials
Different Products and Merchandise
Catalogs and Presentation

Importance of Industrial Photography
Industrial Photography captures the innovation, hard work, manufacturing process, and all the efforts which stand behind industrial process. Every shot tells a story and emphasizes that shot. A shot is something that is entirely responsible to highlight a story or to break it. Photo Journalism in Industrial Sector is an art as it has a unique vision to show Industrial Sector from different angle.

Skills to enhance Industrial Photography Skills

1. Connect with Proper People:  It is slightly tricky to capture the workers working in the industry as they aren’t professional models and aren’t used to getting clicked. It is little challenging to capture their natural poses. They could feel uncomfortable in front of the lens. In this scenario, you should have proper contact with the industry’s management system to have permission to shoot. This will help you to have appropriate shots.
2. Include Industrial Workers:  Industrial areas have Urban landscapes which tell a story itself, the workers working in these places are an integral part of it. Capture their shots while working. Ensure proper precaution measure while working near them as it can be dangerous. Capturing these shots will enhance your work and make it larger than life.
3.  Search for Stories:  Provide your viewers the opportunity to understand how the art they are viewing is created. As details matter a lot, you can create your focus line in recording the manufacturing process. You can keep different visions in mind while documenting, like workers routine and their work days, your focus can be the primary industry.
4.  Gain proper knowledge regarding the Industry: There are possibilities of danger while shooting in the industrial sector; hence proper precautionary measures have to be maintained as the photographers aren’t habitually working in such environment.
5.  Proper knowledge of the Color Palette:  Industrial backgrounds have their own color palette. If we look at the color of industrial area’s background we will majorly notice warm yellow, orange and shades of grey. High visibility jackets, vibrant glowing buttons, yellow protection helmets, warning signs, steel colored machinery can become highlight of your shots.
6. Proper Lighting Adjustment: Industrial premises tend not to have standard lighting available. It is majorly available in the areas where workers need it. A Slow shutter speed and a tripod are recommended to be used in such scenes; this adjustment can enhance the vibrancy of the subject and gives an outstanding shot.
7.  Enjoy the process: one of the most appreciated things about Industrial Photography from a viewer’s perspective is a disproportionate scale of parts assembled in the factories, equipment and workers work shown in the shot. It is essential to gather proper knowledge of what you are photographing. Attain adequate knowledge about the subject to get an outstanding shot. Be familiar with the background, and there will be no challenges to capture shots.

Conclusion
Industrial photography captures engaging work, whether documenting machinery and how they work or taking portraits of the workers working hard on the site or capturing minute details at the industrial premise. It is all about the vision. One of the most important things which every photographer working on an industry site should take care of is the safety measures. It takes the photographers out of their comfort zone and expands their vision. If all the aspects are taken care of then, the output will be outstanding.