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Old 2012-06-06, 10:05pm
Mike Jordan Mike Jordan is offline
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I'm not sure why they would advise people of that, Elizabeth, unless it has something to do with how Etsy compresses and sizes the images. Dark to black backgrounds can really bring out the object and show it at it's best. I like a dark background better than white most of the time. Of course it depends on the object you are shooting. Some things will look better on a lighter background and some on a darker. Most people don't know how to really shoot on either though, without getting a gray background rather than white or a muddy object rather than a well lit one on a dark background. It can be tricky if you don't know lighting.

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