Photography Counts!

Selling your dolls or patterns is easiest when the buyer can look at the doll in person. Unfortunately, neither you nor your dolls can be everywhere at once. A good photograph is the next best thing to being there—particularly when it can be delivered instantly over the Internet, or when it runs in a magazine or on a web site for free.

We get many photographs of beautiful dolls that we just can't use in printed materials or on the web site.

Like most other magazines, the pictures we choose to print are those that are the best photographs—not necessarily the pictures of the best dolls. Similarly, the dolls we pick as winners in contests usually are those that have the best photographs—not necessarily the best dolls.

This non-technical article will help you solve or avoid five common problems with doll photographs. By just using a checklist of five simple items, you can immediately improve not only your doll photographs, but many of your family pictures as well.

Even if you're not interested in taking better photographs yourself, the information in this article will help you deal with other photographers when you need beautiful photos for admission to a show or color advertising, or when you need spectacular photos for free newspaper or magazine publicity.

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• Introduction <You are here
• What Type of Camera?
• Point and Shoot
• Digital SLRs
• Cell Phone
• Learning to See
• Five Eash Steps
• Composition & Perspective
• Background
• Shadows
• Contrast
• Focus
• Experiment a Bit
• Photographer's Checklist
• Good Pictures are up to You
• Digital Cameras
• Techniques
• Composition &
  Perspective
• Background
• Shadows
• Contrast
• Focus
• Better Pictures