Chris Stinson is an Arkansas-based professional product and headshot photographer. He works with one core retail and ecommerce client as well as shooting portraits and headshots for local clients as those opportunities pop up.
Chris does most of his work on his own—but he shares the burden of photo editing with Path.
Challenge
Chris has been a photographer for roughly 16 years. He started shooting portraits of dogs and children, and then started to branch out into family portraits, headshots, and eventually product photography.
Chris landed himself an awesome gig with a big box supplier that represents several brands. One of the main brands he works with is a fishing lure company.
“They need the images clipped out, and with an alpha channel and path,” Chris says. An alpha channel allows you to adjust an image’s transparency levels.
But not all the photo editing companies out there offer the option of an alpha channel. And Chris didn’t have the time to learn how to do it himself. “I had no idea how to do the alpha channel, and I was going to have to learn,” he says. “I hate doing computer work.”
“I had no idea how to do the alpha channel, and I was going to have to learn. I hate doing computer work.”
Plus, he still has to juggle shooting for other brands and vendors, as well as his local portrait clients.
Solution
About three years ago, when Chris received this request to put fishing lure product photos on a white background with an alpha channel, he began his search for a professional photo editing company that could help.
But many didn’t offer the option of the alpha channel—or they were too expensive.
That’s when he found Path.
“I went with Path because they were able to accommodate the alpha channel,” Chris says.
Outcome
Path fit seamlessly into Chris’s workflow. “Now, I take the pictures and I let Path handle the clipping, the retouching, the shadow, and the alpha channel,” he says.
“Path was able to do the edits real quick,” Chris says. And he has time to focus on the more advanced and creative edits to the headshots side of his business.
When you ask Chris about the biggest advantage of working with Path, it all boils down to one thing: time.
“Path handles the time-consuming tasks of clipping a product. And then when I realized Path also touched up photos, that has really improved my life. I don’t know how to clip an image as well as y’all.”
“Path handles the time-consuming tasks of clipping a product. And then when I realized Path also touched up photos, that has really improved my life,” Chris says. “Also, I don’t know how to clip an image as well as y’all.”
This time allows Chris to focus on shooting amazing photos and find a healthy work-life balance.
“I have more time,” he says. “The touching up has saved tons of time.”
“I have more time. The touching up has saved tons of time.”
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