In General:
As a good reference, I personally relied on The Outnet. (www.theoutnet.com). All the items are grouped and sub-grouped, it is tremendously helpful checking out how they display and position their product before proceeding with taking your own pictures.
Lighting:
Ideally good daylight condition would give the picture a nature finish, however, do avoid placing item directly under sun through the window.
Alternatively full functioning indoor light should also work fine.
I personally used the flash when I took the picture, then adjusted the exposure and brightness manually. But according to some professional photography websites, flash isn't necessarily needed, so do test out with a couple of pictures from different angles and position for best image quality.
Background:
I'd definitely recommend white background here. Any white canvas would do: white board; white poster paper - I got a roll of a A0 printing paper from HP; white table-cloth; white bed sheets (with these, make sure they are not wrinkled and clean), or even the white wall inside your flat.
Make sure other objects inside your room/studio don't appear in the photos - Guess this is common sense.
Now let's going to sections - 30 items is a good starting point for busy people like you lot, obviously the more, the better. You don't have to publish them if you decide against it, but what is so wrong about sharing good stuffs?
1) Clothes:
Tips for professional looking pieces:
a) Lay them out as flat as possible without wrinkles, without hair/dusts attached (just kidding).
b) Try folding along the waistlines, hemlines. Basically, the pieces should look as if they're worn on a real human (even better, a super model), so you can distinguish easily the bust, waist and bum.
c) Position the clothes as balanced as possible. It is easy to tilt them without noticing, so check out how they look in the camera first.
d) Good photo should cover as much detail as possible and please don't leave out any part, unless of course the garment has specially design feature, s.a. asymmetrical shoulder
Examples:
Dresses:
As a good reference, I personally relied on The Outnet. (www.theoutnet.com). All the items are grouped and sub-grouped, it is tremendously helpful checking out how they display and position their product before proceeding with taking your own pictures.
Lighting:
Ideally good daylight condition would give the picture a nature finish, however, do avoid placing item directly under sun through the window.
Alternatively full functioning indoor light should also work fine.
I personally used the flash when I took the picture, then adjusted the exposure and brightness manually. But according to some professional photography websites, flash isn't necessarily needed, so do test out with a couple of pictures from different angles and position for best image quality.
Background:
I'd definitely recommend white background here. Any white canvas would do: white board; white poster paper - I got a roll of a A0 printing paper from HP; white table-cloth; white bed sheets (with these, make sure they are not wrinkled and clean), or even the white wall inside your flat.
Make sure other objects inside your room/studio don't appear in the photos - Guess this is common sense.
Now let's going to sections - 30 items is a good starting point for busy people like you lot, obviously the more, the better. You don't have to publish them if you decide against it, but what is so wrong about sharing good stuffs?
1) Clothes:
Tips for professional looking pieces:
a) Lay them out as flat as possible without wrinkles, without hair/dusts attached (just kidding).
b) Try folding along the waistlines, hemlines. Basically, the pieces should look as if they're worn on a real human (even better, a super model), so you can distinguish easily the bust, waist and bum.
c) Position the clothes as balanced as possible. It is easy to tilt them without noticing, so check out how they look in the camera first.
d) Good photo should cover as much detail as possible and please don't leave out any part, unless of course the garment has specially design feature, s.a. asymmetrical shoulder
Examples:
Dresses:
If it comes with a belt, do include it in the photo
It might not be as obvious, but I did fold the garment around the waistline, so it looks more like as if worn
Tops:
The T-shirt itself is actually pretty lose, I used the folding trick once again
Coats & Jackets:
I buttoned/zipped up all the ones with buttons and zips before taking picture, then same principles apply as for shirts
Jeans:
Spread out the two legs to give it more defined shape.
Bottoms:
These are the most straight-forward ones, so I am going to save some space here.
2) Bags and shoes:
Bags should be quite straight forward, as long as the picture shows all the necessary parts - side pocket, chains...etc, it should do just fine.
Shoes are a little more tricky. With courts and flats, I laid them side by side facing upwards. Try to enclose the heels in the pictures for shoes other than flats and sandals.
With boots, I laid them side ways with one on top of the other, but not 100% overlapping, see example below:
3) Accessories
With scarfs, I twisted them around to form a circular hole where the neck would be. Other items should be easy peasy.
4) Jewelries
5) Make-up
I grouped them based on the function and texture, such as lip gloss/lip sticks; powdering/creamy eye shadows.
And finally the last group:
6) lingerie
For the shy ones, don't have to publish these if you decide these are for private purpose only! (there is an option of whether to publish your items when uploading pictures, so don't need to panic yet)
End of post - unless you can think of something else, do let me know!
Finally, thanks again so much for your support! I truly appreciate it!