Hi! I get asked all the time about seeing photos of my work, or putting them on an online storefront so people can browse/buy them, etc that sort of question that I'm sure many of you all can relate to! I always get hung up on taking good photos of my pottery, though - my medium is clay for a reason and the photos I take always feel lacking. Wondering if anyone has any tips, tricks, resources they might be willing to share? Thank you!
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Depending on the style of your works, choose a background color that will make your pots look more stand out. For example, a lighter shade background for a darker pot. Natural lighting works for me so I usually shoot my photos in the morning. Happy to chat more if you are at Watertown.
I got a light box on Amazon because I couldn’t deal with trying to make my own backdrop / staging. Even with the bright light in the light box the pictures still look dark most of the time so I end up boosting the brightness after. I just use my iPhone.
Ooh! First of all would LOVE to hear other people’s answers on this. I’ve seen some really nice photos from people in the studio.
I’m a (side hustle) photographer, but have been trying to finesse an easy and quick setup that didn’t require me to do a large scale project with my camera.
This is the “simple setup” I came up:
1. Backdrop: I just used a roll of wrapping paper to make a mini seamless display. A seamless is great because it takes away sharp corners and distractions.
2. Diffused light: this is HUGE especially with glossy pottery. Sometimes reflections in the glaze is hard, by diffusing the light you lessen the harshness and are able to photograph the glaze more clearly
3. Portrait mode: depth of field is what a lot of people attribute to “good photography”. A real camera does this with aperture, but our phones kind of fake it with portrait mode. I like to use it especially when I have multiple pieces in a shot!