Product Pictures?

[hmlove1218]

Which do you prefer or which would be more likely to attract your attention?

Picture 1:
Wood grain background

Picture 2:
White background

 

[seven]

no. 2

 

[welsh black]

I like the white....

 

[Seawolfe]

I like the wood background, I think the white soap gets lost with the white background.
BUT
If you are doing product photos for a whole website, I think a consistent solid background is better, and then the white would be better.

 

[hmlove1218]

It's for Etsy so I have other soaps as well. I was afraid that the stark white would look too cold and sterile so I wanted to know what others thought

 

[fuzz-juzz]

I like the first one.
You can also play with wooden background that's more weathered and ashy brown in colour to help rustic look of soaps pop even more.
I like camera angle in the second one, but not the white background.

 

[AustinStraight]

I like the first more. The white soap + white background is a bit much.

 

[hmlove1218]

Ok, what about with a darker bar?

Picture 1:
Wood grain background

Picture 2:
White background

 

[Relle]

White background, you want people to look at the product and not have your eye drawn to background. If you only have product to look at, that's what you want, you are not selling the background, you are selling the soap.

 

[hmlove1218]

Thank y'all for the input. I've changed it to the white background for most of my pictures. I've only got a few more to change over.

 

[Obsidian]

What about a ivory or cream background for the white soap? That might help it stand out a bit.

 

[cmzaha]

I like the wood background and do not find it distracting. I actually see the label and soap first then the wood second. To me the white soap on white does not pop out at all.

 

[hmlove1218]

Hmm.. I'll try the cream or ivory and see how it looks. I may even try a grey. Would y'all mind looking to see how my shop photos look as a whole?

 

[vintagehearts]

I also like the wood vs the white background. The label is much easier to read and the warmth of the wood is more soothing to the eyes than the stark white background.

The link to your shop doesn't work for me so I searched the name of one of your soaps from the images to find it, and honestly, I feel that the wood background would look better in the search results when compared to the other images around it. The white background doesn't stand out and even when I was looking for the listing I managed to look over it twice.

If you were doing whole sale than yes, a white background would be preferable to make them uniform to companies, but etsy is all about NOT being uniform and a majority of soap customers that I know would be turned off by a "stock photo".

If you decide to go with the white, I would try to make the labels a little less fuzzy, maybe by placing the bars differently and focusing more on the label. Fuzzy words are very distracting to me personally, and when I see pictures with them, that's ALL I see and you want people admiring the soaps not squinting at the packaging.

Just my two cents. I don't sell soaps, so take this with a grain of salt.

 

[hmlove1218]

Whoops. I fixed the link. It would help if I typed the whole word..lol.

Thank you for your input. I kind of felt like the wood was more inviting and pleasant to the eyes than the stark white, but I wanted to see how views or favorites reacted to the change.

And the blurry text bothers me too, but I figured it was just me and I was being too nit picky lol.

 

[Ellacho]

I also like the white background. It gives a clean look. Good luck!

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

I like the wooden one more than the white, but the table top in the first image is really not working. The back ground is good, table is not so good.

 

[hmlove1218]

If I were to use the wooden background, what would you suggest to use underneath?

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

Something plain, clear. Maybe off-white?

 

[navigator9]

I vote for the white background. Cleaner, less distracting.