Clothing Photography exposure problems

[papeter]

I am photographing small childrens clothing using a Nikon D60 18mm-55 zoom. Two soft boxes with 125W (625w equivalent) Continuous Lighting 5400K, pure white daylight bulbs.

I lay the garments flat on a white nylon reflector which lays on top of white background paper. Camera height to subject approx 44".

I have tried various manual exposure settings and notice slight shading differences on camera screen & computer monitor to the original garment.
I just can't seem to get them to match!

Problem is that there is such a large variety of colours and textures of fabric that I have to photograph.

My settings are 100ASA sometimes 200ASA and white balance settings Daylight Fluorescent.

I then tried using the auto mode and found some of the colours are nearer to the actual garment colour. But I realise this isn't entirely satisfactory.

Is there anything else I need to do to get nearer to matching colours?

Would appreciate your feedback.



papeter
Manchester UK

 

[Buckster]

Sounds like you need to do a custom white balance. I recommend an inexpensive gray card at least, a color checker passport if you can afford it, or some other white balance tool in between.