Photography Tips: How to make wonderful photos for your blog

I have learned that product photography is essential for generating success on the internet. To be able to improve my photography skills initially I have had the support of helpers and photographers: , , Craig Dillon, Irene Schaur and Stephan Doleschal. But lately due to my pregnancy I spent a lot of time in bed and discovered Youtube channels with tutorial on virtually any subject. I also discovered great links on photography.

To make it easier for you to learn to make better photos, Tamara (who is working with me for one month) helped me to jot down a few of the photography tips I found online:

A. If you work inside a room you need great daylight, so you need to wait for the best light and find a corner in a room with good daylight. Don’t use a flash.  It is best if you open the windows to let even more light into the room.

B. For more control learn to use the manual settings of your camera. Don’t use automatic mode.

C. Always make sure everything on the photo reflects what you are trying to say. Keep the background perfectly white or make it say something (e.g. by creating a certain atmosphere like a table setting, etc.)….

D. Control all the details even if at the first glance they are not obvious. Exmples of disturbing things are a badly ironed tablecloth, the objects lying unorderly, an open door, a big mess, a face mirrored in the object…

E. Make closeups to let the people see all the details of the product.

F. Place the object in a setting in which it will be used later (eg. hang a painting on the wall of a furnished room, put the crockery on a table to show how it will look when it will be used,…).

Here are a few links fo you about product photography and camera settings:

http://www.divasanddreamsblog.com/2012/06/from-auto-to-manuel-who-else-wants-full.html

http://www.abeautifulmess.com/photography-tips-and-inspiration.html

http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2012/02/5-tips-for-great-indoor-photos.html

http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2011/09/5-tips-on-photographing-your-home.html

On the website of Holly of  http://www.decorateblog.com there is an online course about blogging. I would like to join this course in autumn.

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