Photographing Beauty Products
Trying to take a photo of your favorite beauty products for your blog or just to post it on social media page; like facebook, instagram, twitter, pinterest, ect...
Well here are 5 photography tip to help you catch the perfect photo!
1. Lighting
-Think bright, but not too bright. The object does not need to be shot direct sunlight in order to get a good photo. You want to take your photos near a bright natural light source like a large window or an open door, but not in the afternoon sun on the sidewalk in front of your house. Sometimes it’s more flattering to have light coming in from one side or the other and sometimes it’s more flattering to have your subject facing the light source. And remember, natural light is best. Try to avoid taking photos at night or with a flash at all costs. The artificial light distorts the color in your photos, while the natural light brings out the beauty of the products you’re showcasing.
2. Props
- Including props and staging your photos helps to make them more appealing and create a story within your photograph. They help add a little something extra to the photo. Try keeping it simple and not to go overboard with using props in your photos. For example, if you are taking a photo of a can of hair spary then try using bobby pins and hair ties as your props.
3. Backgrounds
- Let's be honest, no one wants to see your messy living room or kitchen in the background of your pretty blog photos. And, It’s just not all that pretty and appealing to the eye. Instead, grab yourself a piece of plain white poster board and set it up as the background for your photos. Or better yet, make yourself a faux chalkboard background– that’s one of my favorites to use. Remember that when you’re shooting from above, what’s under your subject is even more important than your back drop. You just have to figure out what works best for you and for the specific photos you’re taking.
4. Angles
- Play with your angles. Don’t just sit there and take photos of your subject from one point of view, move around, and take pictures from every angle possible. You’ll capture light and shadows in different ways and highlight your subject in different ways as well. Get down on the ground and take a photo from that angle and then grab a chair to get one directly overhead and continue snapping until you find that “perfect shot.”
5. Think Vertical
- A vertical photo takes up more real estate on any type of social media websites. You see most websites, such as pinterest, limits the amount of space an image can take up horizontally, but vertically the size isn’t limited as much. A vertical photo takes up more real estate on Pinterest and the more space you take up, the more likely someone is to see your pin and the more likely they will be to re-pin it. The only trouble I have is remembering to take vertical photos while I’m snapping away. So just remember to “think vertical!”
I hope this advice helps you with your beauty photography as well as your blog photography in general. It just takes practice and really understanding the lighting. The lighting is the most important aspect, in my opinion.
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Well here are 5 photography tip to help you catch the perfect photo!
1. Lighting
-Think bright, but not too bright. The object does not need to be shot direct sunlight in order to get a good photo. You want to take your photos near a bright natural light source like a large window or an open door, but not in the afternoon sun on the sidewalk in front of your house. Sometimes it’s more flattering to have light coming in from one side or the other and sometimes it’s more flattering to have your subject facing the light source. And remember, natural light is best. Try to avoid taking photos at night or with a flash at all costs. The artificial light distorts the color in your photos, while the natural light brings out the beauty of the products you’re showcasing.
2. Props
- Including props and staging your photos helps to make them more appealing and create a story within your photograph. They help add a little something extra to the photo. Try keeping it simple and not to go overboard with using props in your photos. For example, if you are taking a photo of a can of hair spary then try using bobby pins and hair ties as your props.
3. Backgrounds
- Let's be honest, no one wants to see your messy living room or kitchen in the background of your pretty blog photos. And, It’s just not all that pretty and appealing to the eye. Instead, grab yourself a piece of plain white poster board and set it up as the background for your photos. Or better yet, make yourself a faux chalkboard background– that’s one of my favorites to use. Remember that when you’re shooting from above, what’s under your subject is even more important than your back drop. You just have to figure out what works best for you and for the specific photos you’re taking.
4. Angles
- Play with your angles. Don’t just sit there and take photos of your subject from one point of view, move around, and take pictures from every angle possible. You’ll capture light and shadows in different ways and highlight your subject in different ways as well. Get down on the ground and take a photo from that angle and then grab a chair to get one directly overhead and continue snapping until you find that “perfect shot.”
5. Think Vertical
- A vertical photo takes up more real estate on any type of social media websites. You see most websites, such as pinterest, limits the amount of space an image can take up horizontally, but vertically the size isn’t limited as much. A vertical photo takes up more real estate on Pinterest and the more space you take up, the more likely someone is to see your pin and the more likely they will be to re-pin it. The only trouble I have is remembering to take vertical photos while I’m snapping away. So just remember to “think vertical!”
I hope this advice helps you with your beauty photography as well as your blog photography in general. It just takes practice and really understanding the lighting. The lighting is the most important aspect, in my opinion.
Follow me on:
twitter- @TanyaBurrMakeup
pinterest- http://www.pinterest.com/ksawyer94/
tumblr- http://www.tumblr.com/blog/tanyamakeuprecreations
instagram- @TanyaBurrMakeup
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