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Photographing sarees and ethnic wear
Daylight for colour, close for the weave, and the reverse because that is where the truth is.
Photographing comics
Cover square on, spine along the edge, and the indicia held still enough to read.
Photographing coins and notes
Straight down, diffuse light, and never a flash. A coin lit badly looks cleaned.
Photographing trading cards
Tilt it under side light. A card shot flat has not been shown.
Photographing jewellery and watches
Small, shiny and reflective — which means diffuse light and a steady hand, not a flash.
Photographing sneakers for a listing
The sole, the size tag and the toe box. Everything else is decoration.
Storing and caring for beauty products
Cool, dark and upright. Heat and sunlight shorten the life printed on the pack.
Storing and caring for baby and child items
Clean and completely dry, with every small fixing bagged and labelled.
Storing a lot before you sell it
A box on a floor through one monsoon is a box worth less than it was.
Storing and caring for outdoor gear
Dry, uncompressed and out of the loft. The three things that decide whether it survives.
Storing and caring for sports equipment
Dry it before it goes away, and take the tension off anything that has tension.
Storing and caring for furniture and homeware
Wood moves with the weather. Stability matters more than any particular humidity.
Storing and caring for womenswear
Refold the worked pieces, hang the structured ones, and keep the beading away from the fabric.
Storing and caring for menswear
Wool wants air and a moth deterrent. Everything else wants a dry cupboard.
Storing and caring for electronics
Take the batteries out. That one sentence prevents most of what goes wrong.
Storing and caring for bags
Stuffed, breathing and out of plastic. A sealed bag in a monsoon grows mould on leather.
Storing and caring for collectibles
Name the material, and the storage answers itself.
Storing and caring for manga and figures
Spines fade on a bright shelf, and a boxed figure goes soft in a damp cupboard.
Storing and caring for minerals and crystals
Some fade in light, some dissolve in damp air, and most chip when they touch each other.
Storing and caring for handmade work
Each material fails its own way, and the finish usually goes before the object does.
Storing and caring for artwork
Flat or hung, never leaning, and never with plastic against the paint.
Storing and caring for antiques
Wood hates sudden changes more than it hates age. So does everything else old.
Storing and caring for film posters
Flat or loosely rolled, never taped, never laminated, and never in the light.
Storing and caring for cricket memorabilia
Bats dry out, shirts crease, and signatures fade. All three are storage decisions.
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