Should I Take My Own Photos for Amazon
Here’s 13 questions to ask yourself before taking photos of your products for Amazon.
- Do you have a good camera? (Professional cameras start at $1000+ even used)
- Do you know how to change the apertures, shutter speeds, and ISO on your camera? (Exposure Triangle)
- Do you have good lighting? (Photos are made with light. There’s studio strobes, flashes, LED lights for video and you need multiple lights $200-$2,000)
- Do you understand photo composition? (Rule of Thirds)
- Do you have good sharp lenses? (A lot of good lenses are over $1,000)
- Do you know how to resize and crop images? (I teach Photoshop lessons if you want help)
- Do you have props? ($)
- Do you know how to make the background pure white (255,255,255) for Amazon?
- Do you have the time to photograph all your products? (How much is your time worth?)
- Do you have cat and dog models?
- Do you have photo backgrounds? ($40-$200 each)
- Do you have the space to set up studio backgrounds and lights?
- Are you creative?
Is it cheaper to DIY or hire a Professional Photographer? You do the math.
Will you be in the dog (Cat) house if you try to DIY?
If you answered yes to all these questions, then go for it. If no you can hire me to photograph your products for you. Please let me know details such as how many products you have and they style of photos you would like such as white background or lifestyle photos or both.
Thanks for this very helpful list of questions. I’m not currently selling products on Amazon but evaluating as an option so this will come in handy. Thanks for sharing.
What an extensive lait, super! I don’t sell for Amazon but I love taking pictures. Currently intake all my blog photos but only using my Google Pixel phone. One day I want to get another good camera but I feel I’m too old to learn all about aperature and other settings. I love your photos!