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After you establish normal quality of photographs, meaning they have enough detail and lighting, try some completely different styles and see what sells more than the other. I've found out that quality pictures of the same product in just different compositions make big difference. I've had huge amount and effort in making the most professional looking photo for my listing, just to find out that people will instead buy from the listing that has the same product, but having a very amateur pictures, like just lying on the desk, with my junk on the background.
In my experience. This isn't for every category. But many eBayer's don't want a stock photo stolen off some website. They really prefer even if it is something like a USB cord. To have multiple pictures of what it looks like.

I think there is a balance between professional and kinda stock photo/generic. I hate to say it but it seems like stock photo sellers from what I have seen over the years tend to get more dishonest buyers than ones who individualize things.
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I think there is a balance between professional and kinda stock photo/generic. I hate to say it but it seems like stock photo sellers from what I have seen over the years tend to get more dishonest buyers than ones who individualize things.
That was something I got told way back.... present the listing with your OWN touch.

Still do that these days.

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Don't use flash, use natural light!!
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I use different colors of construction paper for each account I have. It works well so I can keep each one straight in my head. Depending on the item I will either use a bright LED/ florecent Light to show off imperfections or when trying to make an item look more appealing/ not show off imperfections, I will use a warm/natural light. Never flash. This has worked very very well for me. I use ebay mobile so my Samsungs 15MP camera takes the photos very well.
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Don't use flash, use natural light!!
I agree. It is often the difference with 'flat' photos & 'attractive' ones.

Mind, I have to lock up the dogs etc to use parts of the garden to make use of natural light.

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Don't use flash, use natural light!!
Or a nice professional combination of both
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Any problem with using photographs from an ebay account you can't use anymore?
I have about 200 listings and I may be losing this account because Paypal is limited.
Can i copy the photographs from the listings and use them with a new ebay ID?
Do I need to follow any steps to anonymise (is that areal word?) the photographs
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Any problem with using photographs from an ebay account you can't use anymore?
I have about 200 listings and I may be losing this account because Paypal is limited.
Can i copy the photographs from the listings and use them with a new ebay ID?
Do I need to follow any steps to anonymise (is that areal word?) the photographs
For 200, you would need more than just using Exif data.

That's a big job there.
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For 200, you would need more than just using Exif data.

That's a big job there.
What else would i have to do?
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Ideally you could try to look as if you have brand new photos.
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Ideally you could try to look as if you have brand new photos.
I'm not too worried about photographs appearance . the items i sell are clothing -the other people who sell the same we all have very similar photographs in our listings.
I have to photograph every item, I can't use stock photos so the pics will soon be new anyway after a few months.
As long as i can exif i will be happy.
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Exif data should be OK then.

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Default Re: Any suggestions on taking pictures?

When I did clothing I had maybe 30 different color and texture backgrounds, and sometimes had to try 3-4 different colors, textures, lighting etc, to get a really good jump-off-the-screen series of shots. I'd take lots of photos and pick the best ones.

If you set up a walk in closet and get the lighting rigged, time of day doesn't matter so much.

Multiple lights at different angles on different circuits so you can turn them on individually and change lighting angle, intensity, etc at will can be done if you want.

I used to depend somewhat on post-production to color correct and make other changes.

Cropping is important, background doesn't matter so much, if the product is the true focus of the picture people will hardly notice the background, remember your product is the star of the show, the less distraction the better.

You also can create some secondary photos from one really good shot, zoom in on a defect, the label, the cuffs or collar, wear spots, etc., good planning this way and a very high resolution pic that doesn't degrade a lot when you zoom in will help.

Or you could shoot your picture with your phone, do a fairly good job, crop, edit and publish and have it done in a minutes, and just be done with it! In most cases this will work just fine.

If you're selling $10 women's blouses and making $5 it's all about volume, if you're selling $100 stuff and you're making $50 a pop it's a whole different game.
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I took a white sheet, placed it on my bed, and photographed on that. Heck I even went mobile with it when I was trying to save time and put the sheet down in the back of my car, folded the seat forward and took pics on that.
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