Tips For Adding Photos To Reviews and Blogs

Tips For Adding Photos To Reviews and Blogs

I wanted to share some tips when adding photos to your product reviews and blogs.  Like the saying goes, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ and it makes a statement on your reviews. Find an eye catching background when photographing the products and by adding “props”, it makes your photos unique.

 

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With this  natural soap, I used sea shells as my prop.  Nothing better to go with natural soap as natural sea shells to make the product stand out.

 

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If photographing small items, especially jewelry, I like to put a coin in the picture to show the size comparison.  When looking at a picture, it’s hard to tell what size it is even if the dimensions are in the review. By being able to see the comparison, it’s much easier for the prospective customer to see the actual size. Also when photographing jewelry, I like to use a nice background to put the jewelry on. For this photo, I used a fluffy stuffed animal that looks like a piece of fur.  

 

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When reviewing tea or other beverages, I  have a decorative cup that I use and I also like to add a cookie to the photo for added interest. This is a photo from a Macha tea review which came direct from Japan and the seller even made a Japanese origami crane so I added that to the photo as well.

 

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Depending on the product, I like to add a bit of humor with my photos. When I wrote a review and blog for a popcorn bucket, I superimposed the bucket in front of a real popcorn field. Something like this will really catch the reader’s eye.

 

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I use our weathered picnic table for many products and although this photograph is not from a review, you can see how it makes a great background especially for outdoor products.  I try to focus on the product without having too many unnecessary items in the background. Photos are a big help to both the sellers or the prospective customers and great photos really show off the product.  I hope this helped give you some ideas for your photos in your next review!

What do you add to your blog photos to make them stand out and be unique or different?

 

 

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Martha DeMeo

I started my blog on Christmas Day 2014 mainly to review products I received. Since then it has evolved into many other categories of lifestyles, family, money saving ideas, low cost, delicious and healthy meals plus other surprise posts. My granddaughter has her own category, Alex's Articles and the latest addition to my blog is my great granddaughter now has her category, Lia's Likings The Baby Blogger! Lia started blogger at 8 months old and she now has a Friday Story Time blog you won't want to miss! I welcome you to join the conversation, ask a question, give a suggestion or leave a comment on any blog post. I hope you enjoy Lia's Likings, she has some great posts that will make you smile!

4 Discussion to this post

  1. Brenda Marie says:

    These are all great tips and I will come back and reread this articles a couple of more times, the next few times I have reviews to do. Thank-you for the advice.

    • Martha says:

      I’m glad they can help you Brenda. I’m also looking for anything around the house to use as a prop or backdrop. I’ve even used a silk blouse to set jewelry on. I love being creative even with photos. Thanks for stopping by.

  2. Sandy KS says:

    I am always trying to figure how to make my photos look unique when writing reviews. I never thought of adding props. What an excellent idea!!

    • Martha says:

      It’s a good way to make regular photos pop Sandy. By adding props, it hides any unwanted background items. Tag me in your blogs if you use any of these ideas! Thanks for stopping by.

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