Posts filed under “Photography Tips”
How to successfully photograph handmade clothes and shoes
Photographing clothing can be fiddly, but it’s not a dark art only practiced by high-end fashion photographers, you can do it too! Here are a few pointers to help you take pictures that show off your clothing to best advantage. So let’s take it as read that you now have the skills for lighting, depth [...]
Photographing Jewellery and other small 3D items
Photographing small 3D items can be quite a challenge to do well. One of the big problems with jewellery is that it often has highly reflective surfaces that will reflect light, thanks to all the highly polished gold, silver and gemstones. You will see yourself and your camera reflected back at you too if you [...]
Photography tips for selling online – Lighting and backgrounds
Improving your photos with tripods, diffusers and reflectors, and a few tips and tricks improve to your lighting. With all the new skills you have learned so far in this series, you should be using your camera more confidently now. So it’s time to add some finesse to your photos. There are a few pieces [...]
Product Photography Tips :: Composition, the rule of thirds and using dynamic diagonals
Composition in photography Product photography tips from professional photographer Jo Bradford. This week Jo is going to explain the basic principles of good composition and how you can use these to make your products more appealing and sell better! Take a look at Jo’s other posts for more great advice on improving your shop front [...]
Understanding depth of field and how aperture and shutter speed settings affect your product photos
Written by Jo Bradford of Green Island Art Studios. A fortnightly series to improve your product photography and help you make a success of selling online. Great product shots will give buyers increased confidence in your handmade items and supplies. Today’s topics sound pretty technical, but don’t be put off! It is easy to get [...]
Product photography tips – Camera Features
Written by Jo Bradford of Green Island Art Studios. A fortnightly series to improve your product photography and help you make a success of selling online. Great product shots are vital for an online shop! It’s a New Year again folks, and there is no better time to spring clean your shop and get everything [...]
Photography Tips
We are really excited to announce that we have a brand new photography columnist. Beginning next Monday professional photographer, Jo Bradford will be writing fortnightly posts an various aspects of photography and taking the best shots of your products. We know that this is an area that has many of you frustrated. Sharp, bright images [...]
Photography tips
Tips on creating an image for a listing What makes you click on a thumbnail to find out more? Should the image be cropped tightly, framed, a close up of an impressive detail or perhaps the leading image should clearly show the entire item? There’s certainly no ‘one size fits all’ answer with the enormous variety of [...]
Shop Front :: Squaring Up Photographs for your Shop
Written by Claire Davenport of Scrubbity We all know that Folksy likes square pictures and that the magic size is 495 x 495 pixels. Unfortunately, cameras like rectangles so what looks good on the screen of your camera will end up chopped and cropped if you upload it straight to Folksy without a little tweaking. [...]
Photo Tips from Folksy – Getting in Close!
Getting really sharp clear photos is vital to increase buyer confidence. Now you can add 5 images to your listings here at Folksy there is no excuse not to get in really close and use some of these new image slots to show potential buyers the beautiful details of your handmade items and supplies. Sellers [...]