Etsy Photography Trade

So I'm not the best Etsy-ier. I have to admit it, I got really excited at around Christmas and decided I would put up a bunch of prints to sell and make some earrings, I loved taking the photos of the earrings but after only one sale I kind of gave up, I didn't keep posting new things and my shop slowly dwindled away. I was at a party last week and I was talking to someone about photography and Etsy, and suggested that I contact some Etsy sellers to see if they were interested in doing a trade.

I honestly couldn't believe I hadn't thought of it sooner! Image is everything on Etsy! And were always told that to have professional images of your Etsy products will boost your sales, that products will sell better when they are shown being used and photographed by a professional.

So Etsy sellers, or any other designers for that matter, what I would like to do is offer photography services of a range of your products in exchange to add a couple of your products to my prop collection. Its a win win situation for both parties. I will photograph at least 5 images of each item.

This can be for anything, think outside the box, everything from newborn hats to Jewelry for adults, clothing for children, cool home goods I can use as props or for stylized shoots, etc. If you are interested, all you need to do is send me the link to your shop (or if you are not open yet, tell me about it and what you are selling) in an email to erinwoodgatesphotography@hotmail.com

Munchen Munich

So my main reason for going to Munich was Oktoberfest, not going to beat around the bush about that. But when I got there and I walked around the center of town for a little while I realized what beautiful architecture it has and the lively city (I'm sure it was a lot more lively than normal because of the festival) has so much history, especially with the second world war, that it was amazing to go on the Sandemans free walking tour and learn all about it. Our tour guide was from America but had degrees in History and had written books on the Hitler etc so you know we were in good hands.

We went in the church which is said to have the devils footprint. He told us which buildings had been rebuilt since the war and also which bars to go to and which beers to avoid. While I was there I also went to the Dachau Concentration camp which was very sober and had a lot to read and look at but unfortunately I was on a bus tour and only had an hour and a half to look around and would have liked a lot longer than that. On a lighter note I went to the toy museum which was great as it had translations in English of the descriptions of each of the different dolls, action figures, robots, Steiff bears and Barbies that we were looking at and it was a very low entry fee.

Some creepy looking dolls in the toy museum

My classic aviator shot of the glockenspiel

An amazing car (I wish I knew cars, but all the guys on the walking tour were very impressed by it) on the most expensive street in Munich

Missing pieces..

Before Christmas I got obsessed with Etsy. I bought most of my Christmas presents on there and even opened up a store to sell my photography in. I haven't really been too active with it to tell you the truth and that is probably why I haven't sold anything yet but when I saw that some people were putting together a shop to help the people effected by the Queensland floods I had to submit something. I had been working on making Jigsaw jewellery for a little while, mainly for myself but when I saw this I thought it would be perfect as it would be nice and light to send anywhere in the world and I already had it made.

Unfortunately the shop will be closed Thursday night Australian eastern standard time so if you would like to help out a worthwhile cause and get something unique for your trouble then head on over to the Etsy flood relief appeal site!

Click on the picture below to go to my entry.

Tis' the season to be online shopping..

Right about now is when the stores start to have that buzz about the air of people making their lists, but people who like to shop online have already done this and are in the final stages of checking it twice.

In previous years I haven't really done any Christmas shopping online, I've always turned to ebay for cheap scrapbooking supplies and random electronics and this year I've discovered Etsy at it's fullest so for as many gifts as possible this year i've decided to support people just like me on Etsy and i'm starting to get sorted now as i'll be going to England on the 17th of December to be with my family there for Christmas so need to be done that little bit early.

I opened a shop on Etsy around a week ago now and I know things take time so I'm not disappointed that I haven't sold any of my photography yet, and continue to get inspired by other artists on there and my brain is ticking over trying to come up with different ways to diversify my photographic products.

The thing I love most, and spend an absorbitant number of hours doing, is searching random tags and favoriting a huge array of gorgeous items, some that I have actually bought, including a Barbie camera ring and whenever I have been buying gifts i've usually bought more than one thing from the seller to save on postage.

Some of the items I have favorited though I know that i can either not afford, would like to attempt to make myself or change in some way or put into 'Treasury' lists. Check out the two I've made so far- Cameras and Cupcakes and Away for the Holidays.

A cupcake camera strap, could anything be more perfect?

Making kids go gaga..

So, I haven't blogged in a few days due to being too busy with the kittens! So here is a slideshow of something i found this week that i think is kind of cool/ creepy/ innovative. Enjoy.