171 | How to Take Professional Product Photos with Your Smart Phone with Chaitra Radhakrishna, PinkPot Studio

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hey friends! With the world being such a visual place, more and more of our customers are relying on product photography to tell them a story. We only have a few seconds to quickly grab our customers’ attention and get them engaged in what we’re selling.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s why in this episode I’m talking with Chaitra Radhakrishna. Chaitra is the founder of PinkPot Studio, a Shopify design and photography studio specifically for product-based business owners. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chaitra shared so much valuable information in this episode about how to nail your product photography. You’ll hear about the 7 different product shots that you can take (and tips on deciding which shots to take). She also shares her 5 step process for taking photos with your smartphone which, spoiler alert: you don’t need to invest in fancy equipment or tools. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be sure to listen with a notebook handy because she gives us so many insider tips on using the “rule of thirds”, apps she recommends for editing photos and her secret formula for editing photos in lightroom: making the whites low, turning the highlights up, going high on shadows and low on blacks. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">ON TODAY’S EPISODE:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Common mistakes business owners make when it comes to product photography</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 7 different product shots all business owners need to know about</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her 5 step process for taking product photos with your smartphone</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why she recommends shooting on cloudy days</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What the “rule of thirds” is and why you need to keep it