How to Photograph a Dress on a Ghost Mannequin

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Published 2016-03-17

How to style and photograph and fitted dress on a ghost mannequin.

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Learn how to dress the mannequin and style the dress using pinning, clipping, and tape to shape the garment.

Remove the mannequin’s arms. Then slip the dress on and reattach the arms by slipping them through the neck opening.

Even up the neckline and remove the mannequin’s neck component.
Use tape to prevent the garment from slipping off the shoulders.

Extend the mannequin bottom slightly using double-sided tape.
Fill the arms with tissue paper to get a nice shape.

Take an Inside-out shot of the neck area for easy compositing in Photoshop.

In this tutorial, we used the StyleShoots Vertical, caddy and mannequin. Perfectly suited for ghost mannequin photography to achieve the invisible man effect.

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Credits
Host: Matt Brasier
Videographer: Alex Buhl
Art Direction & Animation: Emmanouel Ioannidis
Photo equipment: StyleShoots

All Comments (14)

@lorraineisrael8382 7 years ago

Thanks. You are an Exceptional Professional with a Passion. I'm Learning.
@TheFukkyahh 4 years ago

love this
@stefaniii1990 1 year ago

thanks man LITERALLY WHAT I WANTED
@tahamoutnoureddine3362 1 year ago

Thanks you
@jonabail4470 2 years ago

So nice
@sahersj6849 14 days ago

well done
@pogolas 2 years ago

Bought a ghost mannequin. Have three studio lights a white paper background, good camera and lens, and a sturdy tripod. But…it is much much harder than it looks, to get decent results. And time consuming too. Better of to hire a model, if you need catalogue photos. I had the impression, that big companies, can afford and use models, and small cloth companies show their products off model. Now I believe, it is the other way around. I’ll keep trying though
@theahoi6303 3 years ago

Hi! What if the dress is way longer? Anything I can help? Should I buy a wider sticker?
@omaryabby9444 3 years ago

shooting the inside-out back area is an interesting trick, but it has the wrong curvature - is that something that's somehow corrected in photoshop?
@kaylaely5368 7 years ago

Where would you suggest finding a mannequin with magnetic arms such as the one you used here? I'm having difficulty finding one online that ships to the US. Thank you for these videos, extremely helpful!!!
@Ms.MD7 6 years ago

Those magnets are no joke lol awesome tips
@iftekharshifat9577 3 years ago

Thank you for the information. Can you make a video on the AI-powered photo editing platform autoRetouch? The work of a ghost mannequin is so easy on this platform. Furthermore, it is offering a one month free trial.
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