POOR QUALITY PICTURES

stancad
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Hello,

I'm having problems with taking pictures as you can see on my listings.

I have a Vivitar digital camera and when I take pictures, they come out blurry, any suggestions as to how I can get better pictures?

I'm sure you will tell me to get a better camera,lol.

Could it be the lighting? the background? or is it ME.

Thanks

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POOR QUALITY PICTURES

Well, I've seen worse.  Many of the jewelry items are dark.  Do you have a flash?  If close-up pictures with flash are too bright, dial down the flash setting if possible, or put a layer or 2 of kleenex over the flash.

Many of the small items are out of focus.  Check your focus/autofocus on the camera.  Make sure it is focused on the centre of the item and use enough depth of field so that all of a round or large item is in focus.  In a few cases your depth of field is too shallow.  Use a smaller aperture setting to get more of the item in focus. 

Try a close-up/macro setting if you have one, for small items.  Use a tripod or brace the camera on something if your hand-holding is shaky. 

Plain backgrounds with neutral colours are best; you have mostly done that. 

Pix of small items like the vase & figures that have shadowed areas would benefit from a reflector on the shady side.  Try a sheet of crumpled aluminum foil.  Or, photograph outside on a cloudy-bright day.

Mostly you (or the camera!) are missing focus, and the lighting is low.  Addresing those problems would improve the pix.

Hope that helps a little.  Good luck.

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