Photography Tips: Etsy/Product Shots {Maternity Leave Guest Post}

Hi Mom Endeav­ors read­ers! I’m Kate and blog at Songs Kate Sang. I began this blog as a way to stay in touch with my sweet fam­ily back in Texas when I moved to Ari­zona. If I had to describe my blog in 6 words or less… “The Songs of my life… my Psalms.”

In addi­tion to the blog, I have an etsy shop and I am also a por­trait & lifestyle pho­tog­ra­pher.  So, I’d like to share a few pho­tog­ra­phy tips with you today! (I’ve writ­ten them with Etsy items in mind, but the same tips apply when tak­ing pic­tures of any com­pleted project or prod­uct for blogs too!)

If you look at your favorite sell­ers on Etsy, you will prob­a­bly notice one thing they have in com­mon:  they all have amaz­ing pho­tos of the items in their shops!

Hav­ing an online shop — where your cus­tomers don’t see the items in per­son can be chal­leng­ing. But, with beau­ti­ful descrip­tions and pho­tos, your cus­tomers can have that same ‘in store’ experience!

Here are a few of my favorite shops — all dif­fer­ent items, but all amaz­ing photography:

• Cre­ative Paper Trail
• Red or Gray Art
• Sarah Robin
• Jane Says

You get the point, right? What do the pic­tures in these shops have in common?

1. The pic­tures are taken from dif­fer­ent angles, giv­ing inter­est and vari­ety to the item.
2. The pic­tures are taken in soft, nat­ural light.
3. They are shot against a plain back­ground or a back­ground that com­pli­ments the item — noth­ing that distracts.

Show off all that hard work!   It may have taken hours to make the item, so be sure to pour that same effort into dis­play­ing your item.  Try not to rush and just put up the first pic­ture you take. Let us know how beau­ti­ful it really is!

Best wishes selling!

Sin­cerely,

Kate