photography

Turn off HDR, flash, and beauty mode. Shoot at 4:3 ratio with grid on and focus/exposure locked. Five minutes of settings saves an hour of editing.

Window light wins on color accuracy and texture. Ring lights win on availability and consistency. Best setup uses both — window as primary, ring light on low as fill from the opposite side.

Tripod plus tape marks on your shooting surface equals consistent angles on every shot. Set once, do not touch, and save 12-16 minutes of re-framing per 50-item session.

Time-block four phases — prep, shoot, edit, list — across one Saturday morning. Never mix phases. Fifty listings by lunch is realistic by your third or fourth attempt.

Set up a fixed station with a tripod and white background near a window, sort products by size and color, then shoot assembly-line style at one item every 60-70 seconds.

Five items totaling P680-1,210 give you a full home product photography setup. A white backdrop, phone tripod, light source, foam board reflector, and tape — nothing else needed.