Furniture Reporter

When Peter asked me to take the photos for the San Jose benches, I thought ‘Oh! Furniture that is a fairly simple job;’ to my surprise, it wasn’t.

My first photo attempts at the San Jose were good; I was really satisfied with my work, but I felt that the photos look too simple. I decided to put on my consumer hat and thought, ‘okay it’s a bench, and so what? there are many of them in the market.’ Then I put on Greene Concept’s hat, and said: these benches are different, and there is something especial about them. Finally, I put my photographer hat back on, and thought ‘the designers and builders put a lot of work into these benches, and I am going to show the audience how beautiful and special they are.’

For me, the key to making great product photos is to wear as many hats as necessary in order to bring out the products’ features and beauty. In RL consumers are becoming savvy, and are more careful when they purchase something, well, these are the same consumers that are purchasing in SL, and they are no less savvy or less demanding.

It is true that furniture does not move, and it is exactly for that reason that photos have to bring out its beauty and personality. I do believe everything has personality, and it is our work as photographers to bring it out and show it to the public. Not a simple job BTW.