So, I have been thinking a lot lately about taking better photos. In general being more conscious when I am out taking photos of friends and family, but also of working at taking better pictures for the site. I didn’t realize this until I started posting photos of my work online, but taking photos of inanimate objects is really difficult! Lighting is everything, and unfortunately I am disadvantaged in this area because our house has very few windows that get any light, and what little windows we do have face west and north (straight onto the brick wall of the house next door!) So all I have to work with is artificial light, but I am determined to work with what I have to improve anyways. I have come across a few tutorials that I have found really helpful:

Of course, this amazing tutorial on how Alicia takes her beautiful photos.

An article on the switchboards about taking professional photos.

And a post on craftster about photographing jewelry. This one was particularly helpful for me because I use the gimp software for my photos, which is a pretty great open source alternative to the very expensive photoshop.