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Level 8

Re: How to take great photos in your favorite stores

@AnnaDickson  Thank you for your tips. 


@AnnaDickson wrote:

Hello Local Guides! I’m Anna, the Photo Lead for the Local Guides team.

 

We really enjoyed seeing everyone’s incredible photos during Eat Like a Local month! For our celebration of small businesses, I wanted to give out a few more tips—but this time for in-store photos.

 

These tips work for pretty much any kind of business: clothing stores, boutiques, grocery stores, coffee shops, shoe stores, hardware stores, book store—anything you can imagine!   

 

Here are my top 3 strategies for taking photos in stores:

 

  1. Lighting is key!

This is always going to be my number 1 tip for whatever you are shooting. Lighting is the key to all good photography, but you don’t need fancy studio lights to take great photos. Learn to use the light you have, and you’ll be in good shape.

 

Daylight is always great, which is why airy spaces with big windows tend to look so good in photos. You’ll want to avoid taking photos in SUPER-dark places, but if you have to, the key is making the best use of available light. Try boosting the exposure in your camera app to so that others can see the space.

 

Lighting is keyLighting is key

 

  1.  Try a photo tour 

Getting the vibe of a place is one of the hardest things to do. You want to represent a place accurately through good photography and really show people what it’s like to be there. One easy strategy is to try a photo tour with three different types of shots: wide, medium, and close-up.

 

Wide shot

Show the WHOLE space. Get back as far as you can and really try to show the entire shop.

 

Try a photo tour: Wide shotTry a photo tour: Wide shot

 

Medium shot (or #shelfie!)

Get in a little closer and photograph a smaller area of the store. You can even try a #shelfie: It’s like a “selfie,” but of a shelf with items on display.

 

Try a photo tour: Medium shot or ShelfieTry a photo tour: Medium shot or Shelfie

 

Close-ups

Now, get really specific and show the individual products—whether they’re shoes, shirts, records, or something else entirely. When you share these photos, you let other people know what they’ll find when they visit a shop.

 

Try a photo tour: Close-upTry a photo tour: Close-up

 

  1. Turn on your grid

Every camera has a grid. This feature helps to keep your photos super straight and really assists with composition.  

 

Turn on your grid for iOSTurn on your grid for iOS                  Turn on your grid for AndroidTurn on your grid for Android

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You will be impressed with your much straighter photos and see some incredible results!

 

Photo using the gridPhoto using the grid

 

All of these tips apply to phone cameras as well as professional cameras. You don’t need fancy equipment to be a great photographer, just some practice and a good eye.

 

One other thing: We understand you can run into challenges when you’re taking photos in someone’s business. Before you shoot, take a moment to review our community policy if you’re not sure about taking images in businesses or have any other questions about interactions with business owners.  

 

We can’t wait to see your photos! Remember to share them with #LocalGuides, because we’re going to spotlight favorites each week right here on Connect.


 

Level 7

Re: How to take great photos in your favorite stores

Great guide tips. Thanks.

 

One other point is to ensure the proper white balance is set. Either use the Auto White Balance feature and may have to adjust after, or if the camera has correct presets that give a realistic result, use the pre sets. Post edits may be required. Especially if a location has multiple light sources emitting different temperature (Kelvin) levels.

 

A photo with the proper white balance set can offer more clarity and detail, it certainly makes the experience more real. A photo without proper balance set may be too green, blue or red. Some apps have auto white balance to detect the white or gray areas. Or some apps let you pick the white balance area.

 

It can make a difference to enhance the appearance of the subject of the photo. Many amateur photographers miss this setting/adjustment.

 

Again great topic and points, very helpful guide.

Level 9

Re: How to take great photos in your favorite stores

Thank you for the heads-up and tips.

Nigeria  
Level 5

Re: How to take great photos in your favorite stores

Try to make content middle , so will get a good snapshot in Camera

Level 8

Re: How to take great photos in your favorite stores

Thanks for Tips and Trick but we currently  everybody interested in watching 360 photo so kindly advice how to get 360 photograph with android phone otherwise can we hire 360 camera 

Jayesh Vekariya
Level 5

Re: How to take great photos in your favorite stores

will update the answer soon

Level 7

Re: How to take great photos in your favorite stores

Thank you @AnnaDickson

Level 6

Re: How to take great photos in your favorite stores

Thanks for explaining in photography. I REALLY LEARN MORE ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY WELL DONE happy 2018. 

Level 6

Re: How to take great photos in your favorite stores

Thank you @AnnaDickson for those useful tips 🙂 

Level 8

Re: How to take great photos in your favorite stores

This is really a good tips @Gini.

Happy Guiding,
Jagadeesh Reddy.