Photography Tips
Photography Tips for Beginners: Get Close! by Handmade Spark Member Jade Pond Crafts
by Handmade Spark on 1/01/11 | View Comments Comment(s)
Sunflower ACEO Print | $3 | Jade Pond Crafts
I have a really hot zoom lens for my camera. Actually I have several, and for several different cameras. Are they necessary to take a nice close shot? Not really!
Any camera will require you be at least a certain distance back for …
How To Make a Photo Light Box: Guest Post From Kalicat Jewelry
by Handmade Spark on 12/24/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
Boro Lampwork & Sterling Earrings | $35 | Glass River Jewelry
This should help you take good photos of jewelry and other small objects on a budget by making your own light box from a recycled card box. Easy to construct and use!
ITEMS YOU NEED
12x12x12 box
14 x 10 piece of …
Super Size Your Visibility with Tags: Guest Post from Ask Harriete
by Handmade Spark on 12/19/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
Blue Flower Brooch | HarrieteEstelBerman
A lot of people are not tagging photos of their art work and craft on social networks very effectively. Sometimes a couple of tags, perhaps three or four, maybe none at all. Are you kidding? Tags drive Search Engines more than ever. If you don’t have …
Getting Creative with Your Product Photography: Guest Post by Meatbagz
by Handmade Spark on 11/04/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
“Say Meatbagz!”
Sometimes we have new bags that we’re so excited to get up in the shop we can hardly control ourselves.
Unfortunately, when these awesome new bags are man bags it makes it kind of difficult…especially when Meatbagz is made up of two chicks. While we have conned various male relatives …
Week #5 Etsy Success Holiday Boot Camp
by MCatherine Lunsford on 11/02/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
5 Item Budget Photography Package | $30 | Brooke Fuller Photography
For one reason or another I did not receive the Newsletter last Thursday, so I contacted Danielle through an Etsy convo and she sent me the link. I also ‘re-signed up’ to receive the Newsletter and expect it will now …
Creating Holiday Banners – Part Three
by Holly Dare on 10/31/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
Now that we’ve learned a bit about using the Internet to locate fancy fonts and graphics and how to isolate our own images, we’re ready to put them all together in new holiday banner to dress up our shops.
First open, several of those PSD files you created and saved in …
Creating Holiday Banners – Part Two Image Isolation
by Holly Dare on 10/29/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
In part one, we covered easy holiday banner creation using images available on the web. Now, we are going to begin the process of creating a custom banner using images from your shop. To do this, you have to isolate individual product images with no background…not even white. We will …
Photography Spark – Autumn Shades
by Naomi Morgan on 10/26/10 | View Comments Comment(s)
I find great joy experiencing the season of Fall, from the trees changing the colors of their leaves to the drop in temperatures that some of us face towards the onset of Winter. It’s is actually my favorite season because it reminds me of feeling grounded and settled in myself. …
