White backgrounds are definitely in – just visit Etsy on any random day and take a look at the featured items! A white background is the current favorite, but experimenting with alternative backgrounds for your photos can be hugely rewarding. Play up your product’s personality, make it pop – experiment and have fun. Stand out in…
The 7 C’s of Craft Photography
Woohoo, your latest craft is complete! Before you submit your photos to your blog or Etsy shop, run through our 7 C’s of Craft Photography checklist to ensure your crafts shine online! Character Is your product’s personality on display? If your product is useful or solves a problem, are you showing it in use? If your…
Product Photography Lighting Tips for Absolute Beginners
Let’s take better photos! It’s all in the lighting. Follow these four product photography lighting tips and get ready for amazing photos that encourage clicks and beg for Pinterest repins! Tip 1: Take photos without flash This is Rule #1 when it comes to taking nice-looking product photos. You’ve probably faced this problem: leaving flash…
How to Take Great Looking White Background Photos
White backgrounds are super popular, and for good reason! White backgrounds look crisp and fresh, and Etsy especially seems to love ’em! Just check out Etsy’s front page on any random day to see a bunch of white background photos: Capturing this look is easy, even for beginners – you don’t need a fancy in-home…
5 Best Web Apps for Free Photo Editing Online 2013
Move over, Photoshop! Gone are the days of needing expensive software suites to adjust, crop, and add text to your photos. In fact, 2013’s best in-browser apps for free photo editing online are feature rich and easy to learn. Our Criteria We spent hours playing with free online photo editors processing images the way we normally…
Photoshop Tutorial: Remove the Orange Tint from Photos
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to use simple Photoshop features to remove the orange tint from photos. Difficulty Level: Complete Beginner This tutorial was created using Photoshop CS5, but most image editing software packages have similar features! Many beginner photographers are surprised at how orange their images turn out! What looked…