Julie from Cosmo Cricket offered up her 2 cents on applying for a Design Team call, HERE!
Here are some pointers to take note of:
- Your blog is your business card. I took this to heart! It’s one of the reasons why I moved over to wordpress
I wanted something professional, personal and streamlined. I had Tanis G. design a header for me, to make the blog a little bit more ME! - Quality of photography. I’ve changed how I take photos 4 different times. First, I started out taking photos on my front porch rocker and was told that the lighting was too dark and didn’t showcase my creations. Then, I moved indoors and bought a project board to use as a white backdrop. I found that when I went to edit the photos, that the colors were off a bit. So, I moved outdoors with my project board. This was disastrous for me! I could only take pictures at a certain time of day and when you’re a mom of 2, you don’t have that kind of time! Lastly, I moved to my laundry room using a neutral backdrop to attain greater color values and although the colors were more true, the photos just didn’t POP. SOOOO….here I am back indoors with the white backdrop SOON I WILL MAKE A WHITE BOX.
- “Designers, Design”. Plain and simple! There are design opportunities in everything you do.
If any of you have some good advice on getting published or on a design team, feel free to comment!!!! I’ll add to the list
De just brought my attention to this video about photographing items: http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/etsy-holiday-how-to-4-photographing-your-items-413/ (Thanks Girlie)
Hey Tiff, great info! You, once again, inspired me! You have that effect on me girl! I’ve been poking around the web looking for tips on how to photograph “products” and came across this one from Etsy Labs. It’s fairly Etsy specific, BUT some good overall tips and it’s funny too!
http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/etsy-holiday-how-to-4-photographing-your-items-413/
FYI, there is a ton of other info/resources/tutorials in that section on Etsy too!
LOVE the video!!!!
Hi Tiff! Thanks for leaving me a comment! So sweet of you. I’m sorry to hear that you did not make for the Cosmo Cricket call. Don’t give up! Try for others because your work are really beautiful!!
this is good advice from Cosmo Cricket. I’ve been trying to improve my product photography and looking back at some of the photos in my earlier blog posts I’m tempted to reshoot everything!