[01]Start a shop
Photographs that sell what you make
Updated Oct 6, 2026
Daylight, a plain background, one photo in use and one up close. How to photograph a piece with the phone you have.
Use daylight
Stand near a window on a bright day, with the light coming from the side. Turn the flash off. Daylight shows the true colour of a glaze, a dye or a leather, and true colour is what a buyer is paying for.
Five photos that answer five questions
The first photo shows the whole piece on a plain background, square, nothing else in the frame: this is what the buyer sees on the map and in search. Then the piece in use, so a buyer can picture it at home. Then something for scale, a hand or a familiar object. Then a close up of the texture or the stitch, where the craft is. Then the back or the base, with your mark if it has one.
Show it honestly
No filters, and no photos of a piece that is not the one you are selling unless the listing says so. Every handmade piece varies, and saying so in the description is part of its charm. A buyer who receives exactly what the photos showed comes back.