DIY Craft Photography – Product photography for handmade goods

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What’s around your finished recipe is often just as important as your product itself. Flip through any food magazine next time you’re waiting in line at the grocery store and you’ll see that food is rarely displayed in a vacuum. Food is often surrounded...

Wooden crafts are so beautiful to me. I love the wood’s inherent character and uniqueness – no two can ever be exactly alike. And I’m not alone! Lots of people these days prefer natural, handmade wooden crafts over mass-produced, environment-harming...

Every so often, I take a peek at CraftCount.com, visit the top selling shops, and try to divine their secrets. As of this writing, the top 5 selling Etsy shops (overall) are:
BohemianFindings (390,693 sales)
clbeads (339,638 sales)

My inbox runneth over with Cyber Monday and holiday deals on photography equipment, but there’s so much of it. Wading through it would be a full-time job!
Fortunately, I did that work for you. Here are the best “Cyber Week” and December 2014 deals on cameras, camera bundles, and photography equipment as of 12/2/2014. These recommendations are for written specifically for crafters, bloggers, food photographers...