“Photographing Your Craft/Art Work for Posting Online” #1018-04

In this workshop you will learn how to photograph your crafts, jewelry, and other small items to use on your website, Etsy, eBay, Pinterest, and other social media.  Using only your smartphone and one editing app, around $5, you can create professional looking photographs to show-off your beautiful craft and art work.  Learn tips and tricks for staging, lighting, composition, cropping, editing and adding a watermark (So your photos can always be traced back to you and your creations).  The bottom line is that great photographs will sell your work!

Please bring up to 5 small items that you would like to photograph. This can include items such as earrings, necklaces, paper crafts, hand sewn items, painted rocks, handcrafted soap, etc. 

Cost for this 3 hour class is $45 total: $40 class fee & $5 smartphone app purchase on the day of class.

Instructor: Sophia Rose – Sophia is a professional photographer, artist, and crafter.  She sells some of her work online, and is sharing with us her professional photography skills.

Minimum 5 students, maximum 10 students.  If the minimum number of students is not reached, the class will be cancelled and a refund issued.  Online ticket sales will end 48 hours prior to event.  If ticket sales have ended, you may call the store to inquire about availability.

Minimum age of students: 16

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Class Notes:

– Please make sure you have plenty of room on your phone memory to take lots of photos and video.

– Be prepared to buy the app. Know how to buy an app from your phone. You may need to know the password to do that. Also, be prepared to pay for it over your phone.

– If you plan to photograph your hands with your item, please make sure your hands and fingernails look nice.