Getting the whole shot in to the camera is half the fun, but a shot densely packed with objects just isn’t fun or interesting to some people. Concentrate on a certain element or tableaus within the shot. Crop to make this the entire subject of the shot. Sharpen and edge in a contrasting color, fuzzing the background or bringing up the color as needed.
Getting the show on the road marketing new products involves visual display. Online visual display must demonstrate the three dimensional material look of a product while supplying enough information about the physical product to sell it. Packaging material for sales involves polishing and positioning the product in an appealing array. But getting the photography effectively is another matter.
It’s sad when signs are upside down. It makes you wonder who put the sign up and why they didn’t notice it was upside down. Natural instincts wouldbe to review the sign before walking away. One last look. But sometimes that doesn’t happen. And you get the above. A skewed result that communicates not quite what was intended.
The death of Patrick Swayze, Michael Jackson, and others had made me newly aware of the value and career depth of taking portraits and having models sit for studio series of images. Whether or not you ever use the suite of pictures is immaterial, the usage of the shots may one day be relevant. And those shots may establish a career.
The future of a microstock photography portfolio can expand to as many media from the work or product can be metamorphosed into. The bulk of a photography portfolio stems from a media product derived from sharpened photo files, cropped images, and resized and angled perspectives.