Flash or natural?

Lighting is a photographer’s biggest friend and enemy. Too much or not enough? How to get it just right. When shooting at faster shutter speeds to reduce “wobble” the lighting will need to be improved.

Your flash on your camera will be too harsh when shooting close up image in macro mode so you need to find a diffused light source. One of the easiest things to do is to shoot your products outside on an overcast day and set your cameras white balance to cloudy to get a nice diffused light. However as we are not in a perfect world this may not always be possible. So we need an alternative . . . there are three levels of solution:

1, Buy a light box/tent and lighting rig: (prices vary) see: http://photography.search.ebay.co.uk/light-box_Studio-Equipment-Lighting

2, Buy a flash diffuser that fits your after market flash: (VERY EXPENSIVE!!) See: http://photography.search.ebay.co.uk/light-box_Studio-Equipment-Lighting

3, Buy a tub of Pringles, eat them then cut the lid to fit over your cameras flash then tape it in place: (£1.20 + free crisps!!) This really works . . . honestly!

Here at Frooition we are committed to getting the best out of our clients and making them look as professional as possible through excellent design services (such as http://www.frooition.com ) Professional design will improve eBay custom significantly enabling you to achieve not only more traffic but also higher prices for your products due to increased traffic.
However one of the most important factors of looking professional is to have high quality images in your listings. We have set out a number of tips and tricks to enable you to take perfect pictures every time.
We suggest you use a good quality digital camera that will take a 2 to 3 Mega Pixel photograph.
Macro?
If you are selling small to medium sized images (e.g. jewellery up to television size) we would recommend that the camera has a macro mode or even super macro mode so that the camera can focus on close up details.