| 9781596686267 |
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| 159668626X |
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Summary
Summary
Sell more of your handmade items with better photographs!
Amidst the sea of handmade jewelry, apparel, housewares, art, and other crafts that populate blogs, websites, and online marketplaces, how do you make your items stand out? The key is great photography.
Beautiful handmade items can be undermined by poor or uninspired images that fail to represent the detail and craftsmanship. With The Crafter's Guide to Taking Great Photos you'll learn that you don't need expensive, professional equipment to get quality results. Get simple, practical advice presented with the crafter in mind. Learn to make a lightbox, how to use natural lighting, and how to capture the detail in your work. Broken down into specific craft areas, you'll find tips on how to best generate eye-catching images that will help sell your items.
Boost your online crafting business with The Crafter's Guide to Taking Great Photos .
Author Notes
Heidi Adnum is a photographer, picture researcher, and crafter of Good Will Bunting. She is also the author of a popular photography tips series on Etsy. Heidi lives with her husband in sunny Newcastle, Australia. Connect with Heidi at heidiadnum.com and on Twitter @HeidiAdnum.
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Library Journal Review
Aimed at craftspeople with minimal photography experience or equipment, this guide offers simple advice on arranging, composing, lighting, snapping, selecting, and organizing outstanding digital images of all kinds of handmade objects. Adnum briefly covers photography basics and then goes on to address photographic issues specific to various craft disciplines, such as jewelry and fabrics. Many step-by-step photo sequences and examples of successful shots walk the reader through the process. With the ongoing popularity of sites like Etsy (on which Adnum authored a series on photography), this book is sure to be sought after by anyone who wants to sell his or her goods online. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Introduction |
| i Getting started |
| 1 Camera basics |
| 2 How to tell your story |
| 3 DIY accessories |
| ii Photo fundamentals |
| Equipment advice, Camera settings, Composition & styling, Common problems & FAQs, Practitioner spotlight |
| 4 Fashion & fabrics |
| 5 Bags, purses & accessories |
| 6 Knitting & needlecraft |
| 7 Jewelry |
| 8 Dolls & toys |
| 9 Ceramics & pottery |
| 10 Art |
| 11 Books, magazines & stationery |
| 12 Home accessories |
| III Finishing up & getting it out there |
| 13 Postproduction |
| 14 Image storage & backup |
| 15 Business advice |
| Contributor index |
| Glossary |
| Index |
| Acknowledgments |
