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Over the last 18 months, we have spent a lot on getting professional product images taken. $10 per image is what we have been paying for professional product shots. We should have done even more photography. Photography sells products. We should be putting several images up on each listing.
So... I found a cheap photo box on eBay, and thought it would be fun to take some photos with my iPhone 5 and see what happens. Total investment? $30.99
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[TD="class: MidTitle"]This lighting kit including the following[/TD]
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[TD="class: Content"] (1) Studio Photo Tent 16" X 16"[/TD]
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[TD="class: Content"] (4) Backgrounds (Red, Black, Blue, White)[/TD]
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[TD="class: Content"] (2) Studio Light Stand w/ Photo Bulb[/TD]
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[TD="class: Content"] (1) Mini Tripod[/TD]
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So... consider that this kit will pay for itself if I use just THREE images from it.
Here's the listing on eBay. Julius Studio Table Top Photo Box Tent Kit Photography Lighting Kit Mini Tripod | eBay
I was amazed and surprised. Since I have nothing else to do (!) I set it up in the office today, and was taking a few test photos. Absolutely serviceable. Maybe not perfect, but for our purposes this will work perfectly.
It's very rare that a product meets my expectations, much less exceeds it. For those of you who attended B&P, I talked about "ruthless expense reduction." Using this, I think we will take significant costs out. If we use 500 images from this in the next 12 months, I just pocketed $5k in savings.
Note that the height of the photo box is about 16"... works great for smaller products. There are professional photographers on the forum that are probably going to bar-b-que me for this, but for anyone from the casual hobbyist to the start-up eCommerce importer... this is a viable solution for small scale operations and small product images.
(Note that I did not have the lights on in the image... thus the shadows.)
So... I found a cheap photo box on eBay, and thought it would be fun to take some photos with my iPhone 5 and see what happens. Total investment? $30.99
[TABLE="width: 360"]
[TR]
[TD="class: MidTitle"]This lighting kit including the following[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: Content"] (1) Studio Photo Tent 16" X 16"[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: Content"] (4) Backgrounds (Red, Black, Blue, White)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: Content"] (2) Studio Light Stand w/ Photo Bulb[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: Content"] (1) Mini Tripod[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
So... consider that this kit will pay for itself if I use just THREE images from it.
Here's the listing on eBay. Julius Studio Table Top Photo Box Tent Kit Photography Lighting Kit Mini Tripod | eBay
I was amazed and surprised. Since I have nothing else to do (!) I set it up in the office today, and was taking a few test photos. Absolutely serviceable. Maybe not perfect, but for our purposes this will work perfectly.
It's very rare that a product meets my expectations, much less exceeds it. For those of you who attended B&P, I talked about "ruthless expense reduction." Using this, I think we will take significant costs out. If we use 500 images from this in the next 12 months, I just pocketed $5k in savings.
Note that the height of the photo box is about 16"... works great for smaller products. There are professional photographers on the forum that are probably going to bar-b-que me for this, but for anyone from the casual hobbyist to the start-up eCommerce importer... this is a viable solution for small scale operations and small product images.
(Note that I did not have the lights on in the image... thus the shadows.)
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Ov muult moli e geos enuapv ug vjiti lovt esi cioph tumf upmopi. Vji $30 qsodiquopv gus vjot lov ot e hsiev wemai.
