Big List Of Product Photography Tips For Etsy Sellers
Product Photography should be number one or at least high up on your list when it comes to running your Etsy business.. Without being able to touch and handle your items, your pictures need the best they can be. Detailed, clean, clear, not to dark, and from different angles. After a shopper looks at all 5 pictures they should feel like they have picked up the item and looked it over and are ready to take it to the cash register and buy!
I have scoured the web for some of the best product photography tips. I hope this list helps and motivates you to improve your pictures!
We have a library of 35 article on improving your product photography right here on Handmadeology.
- Feature Friendly Photos {Etsy: Shop Makeover Series}
- Are Your Photos Frontpage Worthy? {Etsy: Shop Makeover Series}
- UK Edition: Photography Tips With heidiadnum
- Photo tips for Etsy Sellers
- Jewelry Photography tips
- 3 Essential Tips for Product Photography
- Learn to be a better digital photographer
- The 5 C’s of product photography
- Changing your background
- Natural Sunlight Tips
- Tips for great product photography {design sponge}
- Present Yourself to the Press
- How To Brighten Your Photos
- Achieving Clarity and Crispness in Your Photos
- How to Style Your Photos
- Product Photography Part 1 {Making It Lovely}
- Product Photography Part 2 { Making It Lovely}
- Multiple ways to get a white background
- Product photography tips
Food photography tips: Food photography is always amazing. these tips can be applied to no food products as well
- Food Photography Setup – Post One
- Food Photography Setup – Post Two
- Compact Camera Food Photography
- 10 Food Photography Tips to Make It Look Tasty
- Photography Studio Lighting
- Tips on Food Photography
Homemade light boxes and cameras
- Homemade Light Box DIY
- How To: DIY $10 Macro Photo Studio
- Diy Light Box
- The easiest product photography setup ever
Do you have a product photography tip? Submit it HERE.



04. Aug, 2012 













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Thanks for the resources. Product photography is an ongoing battle.
Bookmarked. Thanks for your detective work.
I’ve bookmarked this, as well! So much to learn….but well worth the effort. Thanks for posting this great tips and resources!
Fantastic links. Thank you so much for putting them all together for us!
Thanks! Living on the Oregon Coast my natural light can be very random, especially in winter. Next on my “To Do” list is the DIY Light Box!
You should open a college just for all of us Etsians – lol. From the looks of this article, we know less than we thought!
Thank you so much for this wonderful information! I will definately have to delve into this!
Yep! it is a big list packed full of info!
A lot of great info! Thanks!
Bookmark must!
Love this!
I’m looking for a new camera actually and was wondering if anyone had recommendations for one with a good macro feature? I’d love an SLR but I’ve got a budget of under $200…
Thanks! This is great information!
Here is one more post about tips on jewelry photography:
http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2008/how-to-photograph-jewelry-get-the-basics-with-vadjutka/
Thanks so much for such a comprehensive list of tips. My photos have come leaps and bounds from when I started my Etsy shop, but I feel like they still have a long way to go.
I’m not an Etsy seller, but I find your posts very useful, too!