47 Display and Flat Lay Photography Ideas To Use for your Poshmark Store Covershots
A cover photo, or cover shot is the very first item picture that your Poshmark followers, and potential customers will see.
You will want this photo to be the best representation of the item that you are selling, in order to attract people to click and buy!
Here is how I achieve my displays and flat lays, for my Poshmark Store:
Supplies Used
Natural Light
I always use natural sunlight. This can work for or against you depending on the weather, and the time of day that you snap your photos. For indoor use, I have gotten my best shots around 9 AM and 5 PM.
Also, find which room and/or area in your home provides the best natural light.
Plain White Long Mailing Envelope
You can also use a white posterboard for larger display items.
White Wall
I use pushpins to hang my merchandise on the wall.
*When photographing, lower your camera, or cell phone so that the top of the hanger and pushpin cannot be seen.
Magazines
Use any fashion magazine to place your jewelry and accessories on.
Material from an article of clothing
Using material from articles of clothing that you already have makes for a great setting.
To display the leopard print heels, and vogue wallets above, I used a red blouse with lace trim.
I displayed this turquoise ring, on faux suede boots.
Fur Rugs
I use white, pink, baby blue, and zebra print faux fur “rugs” to diversify my cover photos. (Most Sellers use white fur rugs.)
Also, the “rugs” that I use are actually laptop covers! (You gotta get creative!)
Wall Layout
I discovered that I can do wall layouts when a display that I wanted to create was too big to fit inside the screen.
If you zoom in closely, you will see that I carefully layed my heels on pushpins.
I actually would like to experiment more with wall displays!
White Gift Tissue
I swear by white gift tissue!
( l also use white gift tissue to lay inside a shipping box, inside of shipping envelopes, to wrap my sells in, for extra padding inside a box, and to stuff inside shoes to keep them from getting squashed.)
When placing my merchandise on white gift tissue for display, I photograph as is with creases, or I edit in google photos, using the Light Filter to fade the creases out.
You will have to play around a bit with your filters.
Be careful when doing it this way, as you want to be able to display your items truest color.
Acessories
Add anything in your cover photo that will compliment the item that you are selling.
Use accessories or additional clothing to complete a look, and to make your item stand out.
Outdoor Lighting
I personally rarely use outdoor lighting when taking pictures of my store items. The few times that I did, were on rainy days, and turned out pretty well.
I basically used the same method as I use indoors-Pushpins and hangers.
Clothing Rack
I use my store clothing rack to display items because some days, the lighting on that side of the room is better.
Desk Chair
My white desk chair has become very useful when I need to turn on my ceiling light to photograph on cloudy days.
More Displays!
With a little experimentation, you will be able to create covershots that will make your merchandise stand out, and also attract buyers who share your personal style.
