You will probably wonder, what does having a good image make any changes to your Instagram, well of course it does. As Instagram is a totally Visual Platform, compare to Facebook, so by having a good and appealing photo for your product could up your game in your product branding, and boost your post to have more traffic engagement.
1. Getting Ready
The first thing for you to have a good picture of course is to have a quality camera with high mega pixel that can be used to capture a high resolution and definition picture, but it’s not necessarily for you to make purchase of a DSLR camera just for an Instagram picture, as smartphones right now can do more than just surfing the web or making phone calls, they can actually be use a camera to capture an high quality picture for your
Instagram product posts as most of them actually came with a high megapixel camera that can have a clear and realistic image.
Here are a few options that you can go for with the lowest rate:
iPhone 6S:
- 12 Megapixel rear camera
- 5 Megapixel font camera
Or you can go for a better option if you have the budget to so which are those latest model which is iPhone 7 to iPhone Xs
Other than iPhone you could go for an option like
Samsung Galaxy S6:
- 16 Megapixel rear camera
- 5 Megapixel front camera
2. Accessories
Accessories could help out in lots of different aspect for example: by having a wide angle lens you can take wide angle picture just by putting the lens on instead of use panorama or some other apps that you need to do lots of adjustment.
Furthermore, a tripod of a gimbal is very useful as well especially when you want to have an optimal angle for a still short. Where this item can be used to stabilize your phone so that your image won’t be blurry while you are taking photo shots on a very difficult angle.
3. Lighting
Lighting is a very important element that we have to always keep in mind for a good quality image, as it tends to create a different feeling and atmosphere when the lighting of each set of the photograph is different. Knowing the angle on where the light should be placed is a vital aspect as well or even the lighting that the Sun or shadows creates during the day time, especially when you are doing an outdoor shooting for your product.
So, do spend some time and effort in studies of lighting for a greater photo, as it tends to help a lot and it could create a good impression for your audience.
4. Familiarize With Photography
Learn some basics of photography on how to capture an image with different angles and knowledge. For example, the rule of third, what is aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, this will help you improve your photography skills. Just by knowing the basics can change a lot when you are capturing an image, regarding what equipment you are using, even smartphones right now have the setting to change their shutter speed, aperture and ISO setting to satisfy their user needs for every single picture. So, spend some time doing some researches about it.
5. Knowing Your Editing Software
Not everyone is familiar with Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop because software like this is more to technical software where it takes some time for someone to learn know how to use, but then again you can always go for a second option because there are lots of editing apps on either Google Playstore or IOS app store, so find the one that suit you and use it to edit your picture before uploading it to Instagram.
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