Storefront Photography Series Index

[MortenCopenhagen]

Storefront photo with the text Storefront Photography Series. Learn how to get more photoviews and make better photos for Google Maps.

Hello, Fellow Local Guides,

I decided to start a series of 19 posts here on Connect to weekly share some of my best tips on taking great storefront photos for Google Maps. The lessons are optimized to get you more views.

Every Saturday I will be publishing a new post according to the schedule below. I hope you will find them enlightening and helpful. Please comment, like, and share your experiences in the comments.

These are the 19 articles:
1: Balance the indoor and the outdoor light.
2: Why storefront photos are so important.
3: Make your shots look brighter and better.
4: How to fix perspective errors.
5: How to crop perfectly for Google Maps.
6: How to blur faces and license plates.
7: Always keep the source of light behind you.
8: How to predict the best lighting conditions.
9: How to avoid distractions.
10: Learning from your photo contribution list.
11: Learning from the Star Photos Leaderboards.
12: Prevent leaning storefronts sides.
13: Where to position the store name in your frame.
14: From where should we take storefront photos?
15: Avoid duplicates and similar pics.
16: Obvious missteps.
17: Photogenic storefronts.
18: Calculate the quality of your photos.

19: The Storefront Photography Tips Most Relevant to You.

This short clip from the 2022 Guiding Stars presentation mentions this series:

Cheers

Morten

[MortenCopenhagen]

Here is the short index:

1: Balance the light

2: The value of Storefront pics

3: Brighter and better

4: Perspective errors

5: Cropping

6: Blurring

7: Backlight blunders

8: Planning for sunlight

9: Distractions

10: Feedback from Google

11: Leaderboard inspiration

12: Get plumb vertical lines

13: Business name location

14: The golden perspective

15: Redundancy

16: Indistributable failures

17: Photogenic storefronts

18: Quick Excellence Check

19: Wrap-Up

Cheers

Morten

[ErmesT]

Great idea, @MortenCopenhagen 

Storefront is always an interesting subject. The storefront is the business card of the business, and sometimes even the business do not understand that.

I am sure a lot of people will find helpful this series, and hopefully this will increase the quality of the contributions in maps.

Well done.

[MortenCopenhagen]

I would like to thank @JeroenM who runs the excellent Facebook group called Local Guides World. This series was first published as a guide under Local Guides World. Jeroen was a constant help by reviewing and cheering me on during the writing process. Thanks a million.

Quite a few other Local Guides also helped me by letting me use their photos as examples. I will thank them in the relevant weekly posts.

Thanks

Morten

[Ewaade_3A]

Now, I finally get to use the Bookmarking tip @AdamGT taught me.

Wow! One topic a week for 19 weeks!

May God spare our lives to complete this journey we have started and grant you good health of mind and body

[tony_b]

@MortenCopenhagenI certainly agree with @Ewaade_3A 

You've got us hooked for 19 weeks!! But I certainly want to read anything that will improve my contributions and get more views.

[IntranetMiRi]

Hi @MortenCopenhagen,

Die Ladenfronten sind ein tolles und lohnendes Thema für eine Serie. Prima,  dass du das in Angriff nimmst. Ich werde dem sehr gespannt folgen. 

Ich bin ja erst seit etwa einem halben Jahr als Local Guide aktiv. Ehrlich gesagt war mir gar nicht von Anfang an klar, was für eine besondere Rolle die Ladenfronten bei der Beschreibung und dem Auffinden von Orten spielen. Ein Blick in dein Profil und auf die beeindruckenden Aufrufzahlen deiner Fotos hat mir da die Augen geöffnet.  Danke!

Viele Grüße aus Berlin 

Michael 

[tony_b]

@IntranetMiRi Congratulations on your short time on Local Guides. Hope you enjoy and keep on with this.

Now I must confess I would've skipped your post, but I'm learning German so it caught my attention. 😀

[IntranetMiRi]

@tony_b, Danke für deine nette Nachricht. Ich finde es auch ganz faszinierend,  was man als LG so alles für Erfahrungen machen kann. 

Deutsch ist keine leichte Sprache, da hast du dir ja ganz schön was vorgenommen. Hut ab. 🙂

Cheers

Michael 

[Gurukrishnapriya]

I understand how important to post good storefront pictures @MortenCopenhagen and I will benefit from this series.  Great initiative.