I'm currently working on photographing some of my past work that has not made it onto Etsy yet. For instance, this
Fire Dancer beaded lariat. My last attempt to get a decent set of photographs resulted in exactly 1 useful image. But yesterday I sat down to take some photos and I am really happy with them! In fact, the above picture is one of my favorites. Ever. It's just so nice! I am surprised that I took it.
Just for fun, here's a less-useful image. This is what happens when someone with zero formal photography training plays with the macro function on her digital camera.
Try taking a full-on shot then go someplace like PicMonkey and crop the photo to the area you want a close up of. I'm learning, too, and that's a trick I've learned.
ReplyDeleteI have been working with my macro too. Not easy for those of us who have no clue. Your picture is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteCrazier, I do have a program that I use for cropping, resizing, and otherwise touching up... but in this case, the angle is weird and the focus is on a strange spot, so there's no saving it :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kristen! I did get some nice macro shots, too, this one was just from a silly angle to see how it would turn out.
AJ, silly angles are ok. I have a board on Pinterest labled "Dead" Things (no, nothing that was actually ever alive! I'm crazy, not gory!) and some of the shots I *didn't* use were... uhm... silly angles! (that's my story and I'm stickin' to it! ~hee~)
ReplyDeleteThey do work sometimes! This one probably would have been better if I wasn't using a piece of paper as a background, so that you can see the edge of the paper and then the velvety backdrop. Anyway, I ended up with 5 awesome photos and Etsy only allows 5 photos, so it's OK that this one is silly :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know about silly angles but photography turned out to be the biggest challenge for my etsy shop, which is surprising since I am not bad at photographing people. Jewelry however is another ball game. Why so, I have no idea. I see photographs that look so natural, with great composition etc. Somebody needs to write a book about jewelry or macrophotography. The camera I use is probably the the first culprit ;) huh ?
ReplyDeleteHaving a decent camera helps, and good lighting! I think there actually are some books on photographing jewelry, there are also classes, on-line tutorials, etc.
ReplyDeletePhotographing my items and then editing the photos is my least favorite aspect of running my Etsy shop.