Product photography with a phoneموبائل سے پروڈکٹ فوٹوگرافی

Customers can't touch your product. Your photos are the closest they get. You don't need a camera or a studio. A phone from the last few years, a window and a white sheet are enough.

What you need

• Your phone, with the lens wiped clean. A fingerprint on the lens is the most common cause of blurry photos.
• A window with daylight
• A plain white or light-grey background: a bedsheet, chart paper or a white wall
• Something to lean the product against, such as a box or a stack of books
• Ten minutes per product

Light: use the window, not the flash

Daylight from a window is the best free light there is.

1. Set up next to a window, with the light coming from the side.
2. Avoid direct harsh sunlight. It creates hard shadows. Late morning or afternoon light through a curtain is ideal.
3. Turn off the flash and the room's tube lights. Mixed light makes white look yellow or blue.
4. If one side is too dark, hold a white paper or thermocol sheet on that side to bounce light back.

Background: plain and clean

• Drape a white sheet so it curves from the wall down onto the table. This hides the corner and gives a clean, seamless look.
• Iron out the creases, or pull the sheet tight.
• Remove everything else from the frame: other products, bags, your hand, the TV.

For clothing, a plain wall or a hanger against a plain door works well. Photograph suits laid flat on a clean bedsheet from directly above.

Angles: show every side

Take at least four to six photos for each product:

1. Front. The main photo, product centred and filling most of the frame.
2. Back and sides.
3. Close-up. Fabric texture, stitching, buttons, the logo or the finish.
4. Label or tag. Size label, material tag, model number.
5. Scale. The product held in a hand or next to a common object, so size is obvious.
6. In use. Worn, or placed on a table, if you can.

Phone settings that help

• Don't zoom. Digital zoom loses detail. Move the phone closer instead.
• Tap to focus on the product before taking the photo.
• Turn on the grid in your camera settings to keep the product straight and centred.
• Hold still. Rest your elbows on the table, or lean the phone against something.
• Use the normal photo mode. Portrait or beauty modes blur edges and change colours.

Be honest in every photo

Photos that make a product look better than it is lead directly to refused parcels and returns.

• No filters. Colour must match the real product.
• Show defects. If there's a mark or a small flaw, photograph it and mention it in the description.
• Use your own photos. Don't copy photos from other sellers or the internet. If the customer receives something that looks different, they will refuse it, and copied photos can break copyright rules.

Quick edits (only if needed)

Your phone's built-in editor is enough:

• Crop to a square, keeping the product centred.
• Straighten if the phone was tilted.
• Brightness up slightly if the photo looks dull.

Don't change the colour or saturation, and don't remove real flaws.

Checklist before sending photos

• Lens cleaned
• Daylight from the side, flash off
• Plain background, nothing else in frame
• Front, back, close-up, label and scale photos
• Sharp focus, no zoom
• Colours match the real product