I started with my string of pearls as a practice subject because it's one of the more photogenic things I own.

*At a low angle*

Very happy with the disappearing white background, just from a $1 posterboard as a sweep and a $2 foam board as a reflector. I took these with my Canon DSLR, which was $50 on Ebay. I'm still learning how to use it.

Plants, pen rolls, and jewelry at low angle, medium, and overhead - image 1 - student project

*At a medium angle*

Plants, pen rolls, and jewelry at low angle, medium, and overhead - image 2 - student project

From nearly overhead:

Plants, pen rolls, and jewelry at low angle, medium, and overhead - image 3 - student project

One of my reasons for taking this class is I have some handmade items I want to sell on Etsy, but I've hard a hard time in the past with taking good product photos. For my fountain pen rolls, I think the low angle with continuous sweep looks reasonably professional. These were taken with the DSLR on a tripod.

Plants, pen rolls, and jewelry at low angle, medium, and overhead - image 4 - student project

Plants, pen rolls, and jewelry at low angle, medium, and overhead - image 5 - student project

I found the overhead lays pretty difficult though, especially the styled ones. I want to add a lot of props to make the listing more fun and show the personality of the item. But it's quite challenging to lay things out and have them look neat and professional. I also had to take overhead shots with my phone because I couldn't hold my DSLR steady enough overhead. Maybe if I had more light I could use a shorter exposure and then worry less about camera shake, or maybe I should get some kind of overhead rig?

Plants, pen rolls, and jewelry at low angle, medium, and overhead - image 6 - student project

Plants, pen rolls, and jewelry at low angle, medium, and overhead - image 7 - student project

Plants, pen rolls, and jewelry at low angle, medium, and overhead - image 8 - student project

Plants, pen rolls, and jewelry at low angle, medium, and overhead - image 9 - student project

Lastly, a low angle, medium angle, and overhead for my resin flower jewelry. The story here is that the flowers are death blooms from a very hardy plant, so I was playing with themes of death, femininity, and preservation. I used some white velvet as the backdrop, which gave it a fun texture without taking away from the delicate colors in the necklace. I also tried over pine and black fabric and those didn't work as well.

Plants, pen rolls, and jewelry at low angle, medium, and overhead - image 10 - student project

Plants, pen rolls, and jewelry at low angle, medium, and overhead - image 11 - student project

Plants, pen rolls, and jewelry at low angle, medium, and overhead - image 12 - student project

Link to my Etsy shop just in case anyone wants it:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/FromTheDeskOfYou

Thanks for a very interesting and very helpful class!

Kayley Abell-Hart

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