Shooting for eBay: Creating Simple and Effective Product Shots for Online Auctions and Sales
by Alan Hess
Board Game
A board game, in this case, chess, makes a great example for a product shot. It’s too large for a light tent, plus it’s inexpensive, so you don’t want to spend a lot of time or money taking the photos. I shot these with sunlight diffused through the open door. I created the background setup from a few pieces of large white foam board. I stood behind the setup so that I would not cast a shadow and photographed down from above the game. The first image shows the whole board set up with all the pieces in the correct spots. The next image shows the pieces, followed by a close-up of some of the pieces and then the board itself, followed finally by the rear of the board and the pieces in storage.
Board games can be big, but they ...
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