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Here is a quick run through of various objects and what works best when shooting them:

Silver

Using a light blue background is best as it will display the silver at its best

Jewelry

A black velvet background will work great with jewelry especially if it has diamonds. Position the most interesting part of the jewelry to be very visible.

China/Porcelain

Place the China/Porcelain against a color background that plays up a color that is in the pattern. For example, if there is some red in the pattern then have the background be red. Don’t however, have the background be red if the entire object is red. That would be an ugly picture!

When shooting objects like these the lighting is very important. Since the object is smaller there is not as much lighting equipment needed. A piece of paper could be used as a reflector and a cloth could be used as a diffuser.

If your object has lots of texture and shape then lighting from the side will bring out these attributes the best. Make sure to have a fill light or reflector to reduce the shadows to a desired effect.

Front lighting can also work if your object is very texturized and you want it to look flatter.

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The shutter speed is what controls the amount of time that light is let into the camera. The longer the shutter speed the brighter the picture. The shorter the shutter speed the darker.

If you have a very bright scene then you will want a shorter shutter speed than if it were a dark room. Shutter speeds are written in seconds and can be as long and even longer than 2 seconds and as fast as 1/2000 seconds. Being able to control the shutter speed also will let you use it for various photographic effects such as depth of field, frozen motion, panning, etc. Below are some rough averages of the shutter speed to use for various occasions.

Bright Sunny Day/Snow/Sand = Shutter Speed 1/250 seconds

Cloudy/Bright = Shutter Speed 1/125 seconds

When you are on “automatic” you don’t have to worry about setting the shutter speed. You can set the shutter speed manually by either going to “shutter priority mode” or “manual” mode.

Shutter Priority will let you set the shutter speed and the aperture will automatically adjust to have a properly exposed image. Having it on manual will mean you will have to set the shutter speed and the aperture. If you set the shutter and forget the aperture the picture may be unexposed or overexposed.

Hi! This is the Photo Profitz blog and is for the purpose of giving information about photography and how to sell them. There are various ways to make money selling photos and the possibilities are nearly endless. If there’s something visual then it needs a photo in order to be shown to everyone else.

If you can think of something that is sold most likely, DEFINATELY ,there is a picture of it. And if there isn’t, go and ask them if you can be the one that takes the picture for it!

Photography can be profitable even if its “artistic”. Some people think that “artistic” photos don’t sell as much as stock photos and such. However, they do if you know how to market them.

There are various ways to sell photos which can include:

• ebay auctions
• stock photos
• cards
• School Portraits
• Graduation
• Model Shots
• cars
• etc
• etc
• etc

As you can see there are many different ways to sell photos. This blog, however, will concentrate on “micro stock photos”. This is because micro stock photos are extremely easy to market. You simply upload your photos and others will find the pictures. No need to market them. The more important part of this is having sellable photos.

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