Today I thought I’d spend some time browsing the Etsy community forums, firstly to ask for a critique of my shop before I list any more items, and secondly to familiarise myself with the Etsy website and maybe pick up some useful tips.
Well, it seems as though I may need to re-take some of my photos as three people told me that they were too bright and the background too white and stark. So I’m now in the process of making myself a light box and will try out different backgrounds and textiles instead of using white paper, and try to make my pics more atmospheric and the light more diffuse. With London still being overcast I don’t expect to be able to take any decent daylight photos for a while.
I’m still a bit confused over what I'm supposed to be aiming for, although dark shadows need to be eliminated and I can now see so many of them in a lot of my pics. The ones I took of the Queen of Diamonds red glass jewellery set seemed to work better for me holding them up to the light attached to white paper. Admittedly the light was quite powerful - it’s actually my S.A.D. lightbox at 10,000 lux strength. I felt quite pleased that I’d found another use for it in photography, rather than just trying to chase away the winter blues. The light is also a nice white light and I prefer it to ordinary tungsten lightbulbs which gives everything a gloomy hue, making the photos come out too dark. I don’t believe in touching up the photos except to brighten them, but I’ve obviously gone overboard with that.
So tomorrow I’ll experiment and post some alternative pics here once I’ve sorted out the lightbox and tried other backgrounds, with some props. I feel I need to get this right before I do any more listing, and hopefully get some more feedback first - so do feel free to give your comments on which photos work best for you, and any other suggestions you may have.
Well, it seems as though I may need to re-take some of my photos as three people told me that they were too bright and the background too white and stark. So I’m now in the process of making myself a light box and will try out different backgrounds and textiles instead of using white paper, and try to make my pics more atmospheric and the light more diffuse. With London still being overcast I don’t expect to be able to take any decent daylight photos for a while.
I’m still a bit confused over what I'm supposed to be aiming for, although dark shadows need to be eliminated and I can now see so many of them in a lot of my pics. The ones I took of the Queen of Diamonds red glass jewellery set seemed to work better for me holding them up to the light attached to white paper. Admittedly the light was quite powerful - it’s actually my S.A.D. lightbox at 10,000 lux strength. I felt quite pleased that I’d found another use for it in photography, rather than just trying to chase away the winter blues. The light is also a nice white light and I prefer it to ordinary tungsten lightbulbs which gives everything a gloomy hue, making the photos come out too dark. I don’t believe in touching up the photos except to brighten them, but I’ve obviously gone overboard with that.
So tomorrow I’ll experiment and post some alternative pics here once I’ve sorted out the lightbox and tried other backgrounds, with some props. I feel I need to get this right before I do any more listing, and hopefully get some more feedback first - so do feel free to give your comments on which photos work best for you, and any other suggestions you may have.
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