Recently I wrote a post for my blog at Blisstree’s Arts and Crafts section, Please…Don’t Photograph My Crafts (without permission).  You may find this applies to the products you provide in your business.  In today’s electronic world, with small cameras, cell phone cameras, and other electronic devices for taking photos and posting them on the Internet, you need to be highly aware of who may be photographing you, your family, your business activities and your products.
Granted, some of this may lead to greater publicity (essentially free promotion) of your business.  However, don’t you want to be in control of what …read more

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The big question mark looms there instead of my photo on social media sites. So my granddaughter is helping me rectify that.
As she showed me the pictures she’d taken of her quilts, I thought, “That’s it! I’ll have a quilt photo instead of the question mark. This is characteristic of me because I love quilts and quilt history. I write a quilting blog, Quilting and Patchwork”
We selected the picture of a quilt she made as a school project for American Studies, a quilt based upon Civil War designs and history.
We only have it at one location …read more

It seems once I began researching and writing about photographing your home business projects and products, I began seeing articles and blog posts on this topic cropping up frequently.   Some of these had tips for crafts people, some for photographers, and others for the general business owner or the amateur photo buff wanting to learn more. At Stitch Witch, lunarawe had a good post with photos, It’s All About Presentation.  Even though she talks about yarn and knitting and shows you how to take various photos involving this media, you can utilize the techniques in your home business projects.  (Some of you may have a …read more

Photographing your home business products and services is easy for some but a challenge for others, especially if you want a really nice photo to post in a newsletter, include on your blog/web site, or display your online products for shoppers.  Photos for your own use, your scrapbook, family memories, or just so you’ll have a record of what you made aren’t so critical…although it is nice to have ones that excel here, too.
If you’re having problems with your photography, especially when it comes to using a digital camera, you might want to consider taking some tips from a b5 …read more