i’m no specialist but this one looks much better to me!
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Great idea to have this as a stand alone thread 
I’ve been selling on here for a few years and have never (to my knowledge) made it onto the front page or gift guides but try to follow the tips for good photos to maximise my chances.
I have tried several backgrounds for my photos but at the moment have settled on this one, it is a pale grey sheet as I find cards difficult to show on a white background but would appreciate peoples comments,
This second one shows a ‘lifestyle’ shot that I also use in my listings if I’ve not used my 5 images for close-ups.
Definitely looks better straight, I struggled with this until I discovered the ‘straighten’ function in picasa
Dee I much prefer your second photo, it’s squarer and the card looks whiter.
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If it’s included with the pendant I wouldn’t worry about it showing (in fact I would make sure it is) I would assume if a chain is showing it is included in the price.
I’d fill the square with your colourful quilt, at an angle similar to the third or fourth photo in your listing - it’s so eyecatchingly beautiful
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Thanks Stephanie, in the first shot the card is propped up on a plate stand but in the second it’s stood up on a shelf (much like you would with a card) I might have to think about swapping the order of my pictures.
Fab! I use paintshop pro, which has a perspective correction tool in it. Very handy for paintings as it’s virtually impossible to take photos that are straight on all sides.
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I use picasa photo editing (it came as standard on our laptop) and on there is a section on light balance which includes a ‘pick’ tool that you can drag onto your photos and click on anything white, I make sure that if there is nothing white on my card that I place a piece of white paper in the corner of my shot then use this to alter the colours before cropping the picture then just crop it out, hope this helps
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I recently swapped my style from this
to this
and this
My intention was for the photos to be more eyecatching - when a customer is faced with a page of seascape paintings I want mine to jump out. However opinion is divided about whether the wood is too distracting, some say yes, some say no - what do you think?
I personally prefer the plainer background, there are too many lines on the wood and it draws your eye away from the painting.
I agree with Sara, the lines are a little distracting however I think the picture stands out more on the warmer colour of the wood, do you have a larger ‘plain’ piece of the wood you could use instead?
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My photos vary from ones taken in amongst my rabbity stuff on top of my china cabinet, like this:
To close ups like this:
And layouts like this:
And then the paintings and shed signs tend to be like this:
I’ve got a new camera since taking most of these shots, so I know I need to re-do many of them, but with over 600 listings it’s a time consuming job! I suppose I ought to have a set style of photo, but I do like experimenting with how to show items, especially in the summer when I can take photos outdoors.
And I seem to have forgotten how to just link a photo and not have the blurb at the side too…must be my age!
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Wish I knew how to get the photo with the blub, all I can do is add the photo
Just paste the item URL. Simples!
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Funny you should say that, I’ve literally just put my coat on to go hunt around the garage
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Sara I really like your close ups with your hand - which is odd as I stopped doing that with my own photo’s ages ago. Yet they do appeal to me, so maybe I should re-introduce them as part of the photo line-up.
I also like your pet portrait photos, they stand out well.
Your other two I’m less sure of - I’m having to squint a bit to see the item, perhaps because they’re a similar colour to the background?
I hate photographing my colouring books and notepaper sets - they don’t look good against white, as you say they blend in too much. I need a nice colour for backgrounds for those items, but can never make up my mind which to use - the joys of being and indecisive Piscean hee hee hee!
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These are some earrings I have just listed, I have been trying to lighten my photo’s but not sure if they are light enough
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How’s this? I found some pieces of laminate flooring. I’m not sure it’s warm enough myself, although that might be the appalling light…it is going dark now after all.
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