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How Product Imagery Could Be Harming Your Sales (& How To Fix This)

19/06/2023

Bad product photography can cost you more than you realize. When we, as consumers, make purchases online, we want to know what we’re buying – but there’s no way of checking out the products for ourselves. Therefore, displaying your products in a way that’s both accurate and appealing is essential. One small detail can be enough to put people off, but get it right, and professional, high-quality product images will pay for themselves again and again.

Here are some ways that your product imagery can harm your sales, with some potential solutions. However, bear in mind that creating quality product

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Another speed camera was knocked down and vandalized in Mississauga

15/06/2023

Photos by Karen Longwell

Another speed camera has been knocked over and damaged in Mississauga.

The speed camera on Atwater Avenue, in front of St. Paul Secondary School, was on its side and spray painted with red anarchy symbols. Apparently, it was knocked over last week but as of today (May 16), it was still on its side.

And this isn’t the first time this camera has been vandalized.

“It’s been spray painted over almost since it went up,” one person wrote in the Port Credit Life Facebook group.

“Nightly events,” another wrote.

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Officially

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Perfume Bottle Photography in Product Advertising

07/06/2023

Scent to sell: effective perfume bottle photography

Are you looking for tips on perfume bottle photography? Blend has photographed some of the world’s most beautiful perfume bottles and our experienced team understands how to distill the product into a perfect image. Here are our top tips!

Why do you need to plan your perfume photography

It isn’t just a photograph of a perfume bottle. It’s an image of the scent’s style and personality; so your perfume photography needs extremely careful planning. In an age when people are spending their time and money in the social media arena, enticing product

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Coming Out of the Other-Side // Blend is Back

08/05/2023

So we’re back after the COVID lockdown. However, like most companies right now we’re not quite fully up to speed. We currently have to work around social distancing and COVID safe guidelines. At least we are starting to work in the studio, as I think all of us here were getting a little frustrated working from home.

As predominantly a studio based studio it’s quite hard to fulfill any type of job at home over the last few months. That said, we did a few bits and bobs in the studio which kept us ticking over. During the lockdown for

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This Mercedes has eyes on you, says RAY MASSEY

29/04/2023

Smile. Your next new Mercedes-Benz is blessed with a cornucopia of cameras, including a selfie function so you can beam your exploits on to social media post-haste.

The new E-Class’s central display’s entertainment system has the option of a smart, wide, digital dashboard super-screen, with pre-loaded apps such as Angry Birds, Zoom, and, more controversially, China’s TikTok, widely banned over security fears.

What’s more, attention assist uses a camera in the driver display to check on whether the driver is becoming drowsy or failing to keep their eyes on the road, and alert them.

Vigilant: Cameras on the new E-Class

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5 Lessons from Speaking to a Local Camera Club

25/04/2023

Last month I was the guest speaker at the Maroondah Photographic Society meeting. It was fun to share images and talk about ‘action photography’. I particularly enjoyed the discussion and the questions, and while I was the presenter, I also learned a lot. Here are 5 Lessons from Speaking to a Local Camera Club.

Lesson 1 – It’s Fun to Talk with Other Photographers

My first lesson was more of a reminder than a lesson, and that is – it’s fun to talk to other photographers. We share a passion for creating images, and I really enjoyed sharing images and

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