Change your product photo background to white. It's easy, free and you don't need any software! Get better product images for your online shop!
I have been studying up on product photography quite a bit lately and trying to figure out whether I need to use a fancy camera or if I can do it with my iPhone. And now with the iPhone 7 I can even take those fancy blurry background photos that look so darn cool! (but don't worry, most of the post is about old, plain jane iphone pictures)
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Excellent source of craft product photography tips so you can take better pictures and sell more handmade goods online.
Selling on Etsy involves lots of moving parts, but one of the biggest ones might be the quality and style of your product photography. You can have the best Etsy SEO and the most awesome
I’m so overwhelmed by the amount of love I’ve received from you guys over the last two days and I want to thank you all so much! I’m so glad that you’re loving these posts! As the R…
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Hi friends! Today I’m going to tackle a topic that is a total game changer for your crochet business: how to setup a product flat lay. Having eyecatching photos of your product is going to ma…
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Excellent source of craft product photography tips so you can take better pictures and sell more handmade goods online.
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Recently I took an amazing class about craft photography . Somehow it changed perspective about my photos and I finally could tell why I didn't like them too much. You already know how much I love Creative Live, but this online course changed so much for me. I'm talking about more followers, higher
There are so many parts to being a potter besides throwing pots. Photographing pots is one of the big ones. Since we're in such an online world right now, it is more important than ever to have good photos taken of your work than ever before. Whether it's for documenting, sharing on blogs/facebook/w
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Hello Hello! As promised I have finally gotten around to writing up a post on how I take my project photos and edit them. My style has evolved over the years. Usually when I change to a new room in the house how I photograph my projects changes with it. I am lazy, I don't want to take my projects out of my room. I used to shoot in the dinning room which has great light. However my setup down there has changed and my scraproom isn't in close proximity so there you go. So currently I am in a tiny little room in the house with mostly afternoon/evening light. Which is GREAT however I only have one window and it casts a lot of shadow if the light isn't just right. So I purchased a lighting setup from Amazon (this one) I didn't purchase with the intent to use it for my projects mind you. I wanted for photography purposes mainly in the winter when light isn't that great. So here I have a white board that you can pick up at your local craft store. The science fair kind (tri-fold) I purchased a backdrop on Etsy made by Swanky Prints. Also if you are a new customer they have a coupon code on their main page. I used to shoot them just on the white backdrop but I really like seeing an edge around my projects. Plus a lot of my layouts have items that hang off the edge and they tend to get trimmed off when you crop them down. When we get to the editing part you can adapt it to a close crop too. I have one light setup on the right side of my project. You can see in the two photos below with and without the light. with the light without the light. See the difference on the right? So anyway you set things up be mindful of where the light is and how it looks. You can only photoshop so much before your project is just over worked. Now onto editing. Click on the photos to enlarge. To start I used the photo posted above (with the light) I took a straight on shot. Try to get eye level with your project. I edit in PSE it's simple and I don't need any actions or anything that I would use in photoshop. I first run the PSE Auto-Smart fix. If you have your settings pretty accurate on your camera this is usually a nice boost and doesn't over do anything. You can also adjust the smart fix if you like. step 2 - I crop down leaving a bit of space around for editing and a gap at the bottom for my label strip. step 3 - this is where a good bit of editing comes into play. Go to the transform section of PSE. There are 4 options, Free transform, Skew, Distort and Perspective. The only one I don't use is distort. The other 3 all the time! Free Transform is what I use to straighten my projects. So if you are a little out of line. Boom. Perspective is just that. If your layout has a lean to it or seems to bow you can fix that! It takes some practice. Lastly is Skew. It is hard to screenshot because you can't really tell what it is doing unless you are doing it. I use this one a lot. Basically you can pull corners and straighten things up a little bit here and there. It's great! Again just practice, practice! So I used skew and perspective on my photo above. My next step is Levels. I love levels. You can really brighten up your project and midtones and such with levels. Use the slider to adjust your levels. I use the slider on the right to adjust highlights and the middle to adjust mid-tones (I think) See the difference? Once I am done editing I do a quick crop if needed then I add my label strip. I finish up by flattening my image and saving as a JPG. and there you have it. So let's take a look at what we started with. Before After. I am no professional, but I hope this gives you some ideas on how you take your own project photos. Thanks for stopping by!
As a Blogger and Entrepreneur, I've learned to be decent at a lot of little things. Not great, and definitely not exceptional - but decent. I share my knowledge as much as I can, like in my blogging tips and small business posts, but I'm no expert in these areas. I'm constantly working to improve my skills in a
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Creativiteit delen Weet je wat nu zo mooi is aan het internet en social media? Dat ik anderen kan inspireren en mijn creativiteit kan delen. Anderen worden aangestoken met mijn zelfmaak ideeën voor backgrounds en dat vind ik zo super om te zien. Background gebruik je namelijk altijd in food fotografie. Zeker als je voor …
