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@zoelocke@toot.walesI am having such a hard time taking good-quality product photos for my Etsy store. Any tips?
I'm photographing jewellery, fwiw.
(It doesn't help that I don't exactly have an Insta-worthy interior design background)
Some ideas to start with here:
https://metalsmithsociety.com/a/blog/photographing-your-jewelry
If you want everything in focus in macro shots, look into focus stacking software. (Oh, was that a bad pun?)
https://peterfalkingham.com/2024/04/29/an-excellent-free-and-open-source-focus-stacking-solution/
@zoelocke what works well for me is: simple textured background (i just use slightly textured paper), natural light, snapseed to edit. i also spent a lot of time posting pictures and getting help. reflections are still a problem for me though
@nora thank you 
@zoelocke i can look at what you have and do crit if you're up for it, too. sometimes you really need a second pair of eyes
@nora thank you! I'll get some new pics and tag you 
@nora
It doesn't help that I don't get much natural light in my house :(
It's especially hard to capture anything silver coloured.
@zoelocke you might end up needing to edit the different metals separately. i had a long time where my silvers looked a bit golden, it's a pain
@nora
I'll see if I can do more targeted adjustments in Darktable. I'm wondering a dark background would help, though I don't have the right materials for it
@zoelocke i think you might be having a hard time because there's a lot in the frame to adjust: the wall, the wood, and the pieces
@zoelocke i am not great at editing and so always photograph everything just on cream color textured paper, individually
@nora
Makes sense. I need to get some paper, but I'll give it a try
@zoelocke i like plain cardstock with a visible but subtle grain, it gives a bit of a sense of scale (though you'll still want photos with something for scale in them separately). make sure it's not too reflective. other things would work too, like i think a folded neutrally colored cloth maybe?