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Packed full of tips, tricks, and actionable advice, my YouTube channel is the go-to place for makers and creatives to learn how to take their own product and brand photos. My no-muss, no-fuss teaching style is fully on display in my right-to-the-point videos.

From my straight-talking tips videos, to my editing demonstrations and behind-the-scenes breakdowns of photoshoots, there’s tons of opportuntiy to learn something new, and build your product photography skills.

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I can't believe I'm about to say this - white backgrounds are making a comeback. 😱
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With Handmade at Amazon now requiring a white background for your first photo, and many influencers, publications, and wholesale accounts preferring white backgrounds, you don’t want to get left behind.
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Show of hands - how many of you have tried to photograph with a white background but it just comes out GREY?!
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I know. I hear ya. Photographing on a white background is one of the toughest things in product photography.
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But, guess what? Yeah, you know - I’ve got you covered!
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Inside my Master The White Background course, I break down all of the tricks of the trade into simple, straightforward techniques with no over-your-head technical jargon or extravagant, expensive set ups.
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Getting that perfect white background isn’t impossible (not even close). You just need to know how to do it, and it’s not as simple as plopping your product on a white surface and snapping away.
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Master The White Background is 20% OFF until December 1st (all of the courses in my shop are!) AND I’m including a free gift of my 30-page Simple Product Photography E-Guide! Woop woop!
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You can check it out www.amytakespictures.com/background. Have a question? Drop it below!

Question for you, and BE HONEST 😆 - How many o

Question for you, and BE HONEST 😆 -

How many of you have a DSLR camera and have no idea how to use it?

That camera can be an intimidating piece of equipment, and in order to actually get those gorgeous photos it's capable of, you kind of have to know a thing or two.

Here are a couple of tips to get you started -

📸 Set your camera to capture images in raw file format. Raw gives you so much more control when editing, and allows you to fine tune your photos without losing quality.

📸 The lens that comes with your camera (the "kit" lens) is fine for getting started. When you're ready for something that's a bit higher quality, a 50mm or 35mm lens is a good choice, or a macro lens for capturing smaller products like jewelry.

📸 The different shooting modes (portrait, nighttime, macro, aperture priority, shutter speed priority, etc) are all just different types of automatic.

📸 To really get those beautiful images that your DSLR is capable of, you need to be able to shoot in manual mode. Your camera, no matter how fancy, cannot fully understand the complexity of lighting, and the nuances of what you're going for in a photo.

📸 Manual mode isn't nearly as scary as you think! I promise.

My course, Your DSLR Made Simple, is 20% off now through December 1st - if you want to put that expensive investment to use, hop on over to www.amytakespictures.com/DSLR to get started. 😍

EASY PHOTO EDITING FOR MAKERS // Did you know it c

EASY PHOTO EDITING FOR MAKERS // Did you know it could be this easy?
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In this post, I'm sharing the 4 steps of editing product photos. It's not 10 steps, or 40 steps. Just four. Four straightforward, magical steps. No computer engineering degree or Masters in Photography necessary.
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In my online course, Easy Photo Editing, I break down these steps into easy-to-understand bites, and even easier-to-underatand language.
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No longer will you spend hours upon frustrating hours trying to edit your product photos - instead, you'll confidently edit a photo in just a minute or two. Maybe even less.
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Easy Photo Editing is 20% off now until December 1st. Full details at www.amytakespictures.com/easyphotoediting 😍
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Which of these steps do you most get stuck on? 👇

Phew! We're back in action, folks!
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The internet has been fixed, and things are running smoothly. So don't hesitate to get your buns over to amytakespictures.com to take advantage of 20% off all course and tools until December 1st.
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Here are all the courses and tools currently available! 👇
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⭐️ Easy Photo Editing: Photo editing can be easy, fast, and FUN – seriously! In this course, I break it down into simple, easy-to-follow steps that effectively and efficiently help you turn your product photos into masterpieces.
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⭐️ Master The White Background: Make your products stand out on white –
once and for all! Handmade at Amazon sellers - you’re going to want to get your hands on this one.
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⭐️ Your DSLR Made Simple: Demystify your fancy camera so you can finally start taking those beautiful photos. In your hands, that camera is capable of taking stunning, professional-looking photos for your business. You just need to learn how to use it!
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⭐️ Lightroom Presets: Lightning fast, high quality photo edits with one-click, compatible with Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC, and Lightroom mobile (even the free version!).
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⭐️ Photoshop Actions: Lightning fast, high quality photo edits with one-click for Photoshop CC. These super robust actions are pure editing magic, and you can buy them on their own or bundle them with the Lightroom Presets for 15% off.
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Thanks for your patience while the internet was having a moment! ❤️😊

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Q: Hey Amy, what have you guys been working on for

Hell yes I'm excited, and hell yes I'm creating hy

Hell yes I'm excited, and hell yes I'm creating hype! Because we've been working our behinds off for WEEKS... And it's officially READY. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

"But Amy, what's in it for me?", you may be wondering - SO much, my friend! Tomorrow I'm releasing the full lineup, but today let me say you can expect:

🎉 Free downloadable resources

🎉 A free course!

🎉 Awesome affordable paid courses to help you uplevel your photography (and business)

🎉 All episodes of Bold Company in one spot

🎉 The blog

🎉 Easy access to my latest YouTube video

🎉 Some new and special I'll tell you more about tomorrow...

And one last thing... I'm celebrating the launch with 20% off a courses + tools AND a giveaway!!

Will you be tuning in? I'm seriously beyond excited!

Well, friends, it's happened. I'm finally at a pla

Well, friends, it's happened. I'm finally at a place in my creative journey where I'm ready to share my work.

While I was doing the "work" of unblocking my creative self, I made a commitment to myself that I wouldn't share the images with anyone, for the time being. It was important to the process that I was creating for me, and only me, without wondering how it would play into a social media strategy, or how it would resonate with people.

Many months later, I'm at a place where I feel ready some of the images from this journey.

I'd love for you to join me over at @amyeatonphoto, where I've created a dedicated space for my creative photography.

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Posted @withregram • @amyeatonphoto Hey there. As this is my first post on my creative account (business account: @amy.takes.pictures), I figure a little intro and recap is in order.

I am a photographer. I cannot tell you how much I've grappled with calling myself that, despite being a working photographer for 12 years, and a photography instructor with a thriving online photography school for the past 3+ years.

I've grappled with it because I haven't felt worthy of the title. Like many, I've struggled with imposter syndrome and with believing that I'm a creative person. I've felt like a fake, only capable of taking technically correct photos, but not creative, interesting, or compelling ones. This doubt was one of the very things that was blocking me from actually creating images that I felt worthy of the coveted (to me) title of photographer.

This past summer, my stifled creative finally came to head. I was miserable, lost, and disconnected. Through an intuitive reading that was supposed to be about my business, it became very clear that my feeling of uncertainty weren't to do with business at all, but about my place in the creative world. So, I set out on a quest to uncover my lost/locked away creativity that had been buried by years of criticism (mostly self), and ideas of what I "should" be as a creative.

The experience has been life changing. I no longer doubt that I am creative, but nurture it the way I nurture my other valued relationships. It didn't come easily... (cont'd on original post)

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