Our "Photography Studio"

Photographing our handmade cards has been one of the learnings we've had during our experience as small business owners so far.  Prior to opening Crocus Hill Cards, we heard that the photographs of the products were essential to Etsy success.  So when we finally got to the point where we were ready to create our visual inventory, we took careful measure to make sure we were getting good pictures.

In order to do so, we had to go outside, to our back patio.  Our apartment is terribly dim - I hate taking any photographs inside of it because everything turns out yellow.  When I'm forced to, I set my camera to Tungsten lighting in order to get rid of the gold glow.  I did not want to do that for the cards in order to show the colors accurately.  So John and I set up a little "studio" outside to capture some natural light.  We used a few props to create a nice background, and you can see a little bit of the trees and greenery in the background of our current card listings if you look closely. In reality, though, this is what things looked like during our first shoot:

While I am really happy with the results of photographing the cards outside, the downside was that a little wind made for a challenge.