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My main issue with this book was with Amber and Francis, and their romance. I really couldn’t connect with Amber at all; she was too rude and snarky for my taste. There were a few parts in which she was purposefully nasty towards Francis, and yet he still said that he was in love with her. At one point she says (and I quote): ” “What’s your problem anyways?” Amber said, turning her head and staring at me so coldly I felt myself shiver. “I’m sure if you try really hard someone else will be willing to overlook you being such a total creep. Do you really think I’d have given you the time of day if I wasn’t bald and rotten to the core?”” Needless to say, I wasn’t a huge fan of Amber and her romance with Francis. Francis kept calling their romance a huge, amazing love story and was constantly going on about how hopelessly Amber was in love with him. “Within minutes Amber had texted me back, saying that she was having a similar early night, in which I assumed would be an attempt to have extra-long dreams about her beloved (me).”

One of the things I did enjoy was the awesome family dynamics. I loved the way that Chris took care of his younger brother, and Francis’s mother felt very realistic. His grandmother was pretty funny too! I couldn’t help but see the similarities to The Fault In Our Stars, though. Not only was there the “doomed lovers” concept but there’s also several other things that were just too close to TFIOS for my liking. There’s even a support group with a perky, overly upbeat leader who, as Amber said, “probably got his qualifications off the internet.” There’s also a supposed intelligent love interest (Francis/ Gus) and references to stars. The ending, although not too surprising, was well done. I’m not usually a fan of epilogues, but I think that this one was written excellently. I can’t say much about the ending without spoiling anything, but I thought it was great! Overall through, I am very disappointed with The Brilliant Light Of Amber Sunrise. I wanted to love it, but I just couldn’t connect with Amber, and I didn’t like the romance at all.

Jack Hollingsworth, a denizen of Austin, TX, is an award-winning, 30-year career veteran in commercial photography. Jack has fallen in love with his iPhone camera as his primary capture tool. He is also an avid Camera+ devotee and has been since day one. He deeply believes that, when all is said and done, the iPhone may just be remembered as the most influential capture device ever in the history of photography. This is a tutorial especially designed for newbies who want to learn to take better small product photos with their iPhone cameras. It’s especially applicable to entrepreneurs who sell small products online via Etsy, Ebay and/or Craigslist. You’ve no doubt heard the adage that a picture is worth 1000 words. If I were modernizing this phrase for today’s competitive online market, it would read more like this…“A (properly exposed, properly focused, properly white-balanced, property composed) picture is worth 1000 words.” Photographs influence buying decisions.

Get it right in the camera and I promise you’ll see positive results and returns! So where is the best place to shoot small product photography? You have two options: If you are shooting indoors, then look for windows that are either north or south facing. This will insure that you get that beautiful, soft, indirect, light. When you shoot indoors, you’re going to need a lot of light. Find the brightest room and set up a ‘make shift’ table right in front of or just next to the window. During the more temperate time of the year, wait for an overcast day and shoot outdoors on a patio or deck. It will offer you a well-lit area for shooting small products. For this particular tutorial, I shot all of my small product photographs in a big garage, with the doors wide open offering a north facing view. The light was soft, creamy and relatively even throughout the day. There are three terms you need to know when it comes to lighting small product photography: Natural Light is the light cast by the sun (this also includes the moon and stars!).

Artificial Light is light that is cast by any man-made light source…like light bulbs. Ambient Light (also called available light) is generally some combination of natural and artificial light. As a general rule, I want my small product photography to look as natural as possible so I’m always looking for natural light as my primary light source. If you are shooting indoors, you’re going to need to white-balance your photos first in order to avoid the unnatural ‘orangey-red’ cast that comes from artificial light sources. I get asked this questions all the time. Is the lowly 8MP iPhone camera big enough for small product photography? My simple answer is unquestionably yes! Especially if you are sharing these photos online (i.e. blog, Etsy, Ebay, Craigslist, or any social media). Here’s a handy Infographic I found about pixels. The ‘infinity curve’ (or sweep) is a simple photographic technique designed to give the impression that the background extends to infinity.

You can use almost any type of material to create your own DIY infinity curve – large poster board, plexiglas, roll of craft paper, ironed white sheets or curtains. I keep a set of large polymer backgrounds handy that I bought in different colors from Modahaus. These backgrounds are anti-static, easily cleanable and food safe! They are awesome for quick and easy small product shots. If you look at a lot of small product photography online, you’ll notice that many of them are shot on and against white backgrounds and backdrops. Because when you’re fighting for viewer attention online…less is more. I’ve also found that shooting on a white (or a neutral) background helps to focus attention on the content (the object being photographed) and not the context (the environment the object is in). If you are shooting against a white background, make sure you ‘overexpose’ about 1 to 1.5 full stops so that the white turns out ‘truly’ white (and not gray). You can only do this when you use a photo app that allows you manual control over exposure.

The ‘camera to subject angle’ is the angle of the camera to the subject or object you’re shooting. This might come as a surprise to you but the camera angle can and will easily affect the way the viewer perceives the subject you’re photographing. For the most simple, straightforward small product photography, there are three key camera angles you need to master: Low Angle is the ‘worm’s eye view’. You can put your iPhone camera right on the shooting surface itself and fire away. Front Angle is where your iPhone camera is approximately at a 45˚ angle to the subject. It’s often called a ‘front ¾ view’ and it’s the most popular because it is how we, as humans, naturally perceive most scenes and subjects. High Angle is the ‘bird’s eye view’. This is when you shoot directly overhead. This angle is often the most graphic and representational view. It’s important to keep in mind that the iPhone camera comes packaged, right out of the box, with a 4.15mm lens and a fixed aperture of f2.2.

In photography language, it’s the 35mm equivalent of a 30mm lens with an approximate FOV of 70˚. A 30mm lens equivalent is a ‘wide angle’ lens (for all practical purposes). Generally speaking, a wide-angle lens would NOT be your first choice for shooting small product photography. When you get close with a lens like this, the object you are shooting will have ‘barrel distortion’. This is because the FOV of the lens is wider than the size of the image sensor and needs to be ‘squeezed in’. My suggestion, and to avoid ‘barrel distortion’ in this instance, is to stay back. Don’t get too close. Shoot it ‘loose’ (about 12-18” away) and then crop later if needed. If you only shoot in auto mode, I think you’ll find, in small product photography, you’ll be disappointed with the end results. When you shoot in auto, you’re putting the camera in control of exposure, focus, and white balance. To achieve your creative intent, you need to be in total control of these variables.

This is exactly why, when shooting small product photography, you’ll most often see me shooting with the Camera+ app, which gives me complete and independent control over exposure, focus and white balance. This gives me the ability to take photos that turn out exactly as I envisioned them. Styling, in a nutshell, is every single adjustment you make, large or small, to improve the overall look or feel of the object you’re photographing. Styling is applying the basic building blocks of design to your photos – color, composition, and layout. Styling is putting the ‘you’ in your photographs and showcasing your very own personal aesthetic. Forget all the tech jargon and photography nomenclature. Gather up your product. Bathe that product in soft, beautiful, indirect light. Use a photo app that gives you manual control over exposure, focus and white balance. Shoot a good spread of coverage (i.e. horizontals, verticals, tight crops, loose crops, and varying angles). Then add some good old-fashioned fun to the equation and I think you’ll find the small product photography experience quite exciting and addictive.