I liked the idea of using 3 words to describe your brand. I already had a pretty strong idea of my brand, but putting words to it was a challenge. I went with "Natural, Light, and Playful."

I used a cork desk protector from Ikea for my backdrop, as that would give me a beautiful, warm, natural texture.

All my items have some white in them, so I used that for the light, and boosted them just a tad when I was editing the levels. I also increased the brightness of the shadows. I don't have photoshop, but I do have Corel PaintShop Pro. It worked pretty well, although I had to look up how to use some of the features. I also discovered that the light through my south-facing bay window was warmer in the late morning, and I think I'll try to take pictures then from now on.

For the "Playful" element, I tried to take photos with lots of angles. The only ones that have only horizontal and vertical lines are the size comparisons. I had been using my left hand in my pictures to show scale, but I finally had the bright idea to use a paintbrush! Seeing as that's the tool you're going to be using alongside my 3D-printed Watercolour Palettes... it just made sense!

I added text to some of the photos to make it clearer what I was trying to communicate. People don't read item descriptions, and when they do, they only read the first few lines. But they DO look at the pictures.

Here's some of the pictures I took:

New Pictures for my Etsy Shop!! - image 1 - student project

New Pictures for my Etsy Shop!! - image 2 - student project

New Pictures for my Etsy Shop!! - image 3 - student project

New Pictures for my Etsy Shop!! - image 4 - student project

New Pictures for my Etsy Shop!! - image 5 - student project

New Pictures for my Etsy Shop!! - image 6 - student project

New Pictures for my Etsy Shop!! - image 7 - student project

New Pictures for my Etsy Shop!! - image 8 - student project

New Pictures for my Etsy Shop!! - image 9 - student project

New Pictures for my Etsy Shop!! - image 10 - student project

Any feedback you may have on the photos are welcome!

If you'd like to take a gander around my store, here it is!

https://spruceandsquirrel.etsy.com/

Thanks so much for this class! I learned a lot, and it helped me stop DREADING taking pictures for my Etsy Shop! I took lots of pictures over the last week, got them all edited, and published some VERY professional looking listings! :D

Shelby Wyatt

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