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2015-03-11

Make Your Recipes Shine

Increase Your Recipe Pins with Great Food Photos

Tips from Hubber Glimmer Twin Fan

If you write recipe Hubs, you'll want to pay close attention this week. I have some great food photography tips from Pinterest superstar Glimmer Twin Fan that I'm excited to share with you. You might be surprised at how much your Pinterest traffic pics up after applying these simple tips to older Hubs:

  • Focus on your Hub's header image. While any of your Hub's photos might be Pinned, this one is Pinned most frequently. Make it fantastic.
  • Take food photos with lots of natural light. Glimmer actually recommends taking your food photos outside if possible. If not, photograph the finished dish in whatever room in your home receives the most natural sunlight.
  • Add short descriptive text (like the name of the recipe) where possible. But if you can't add text without covering the good parts of the photo, don't fret. Glimmer mentions that great photos of food speak for themselves.
  • Put a little effort into the background. It's ok to get creative here. Some good ideas include dishes tableware that compliment the colors of the food, solid color backgrounds can keep the focus on the food, and adding a lighted candle flower, or other small embellishment can make the photo look more attractive.
  • Take a lot of photos. Try different angles, closeups, farther away photos, etc. This will ensure that you have a wide variety of images to choose from. Keep the best and delete the rest.

When you're updating your Hubs, I strongly encourage you not to neglect your photos, especially for highly Pinnable subjects like recipes and craft projects. Happy Hubbing!

Christy Kirwan
Marketing & Community Manager

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Don't forget, if you're opted into the Editor's Choice program, you have a chance to win the monthly bonus simply by writing 1 or more  Editor's Choice-worthy Featured Hubs each month.

You can read her winning Hub here:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Using-Crystals-for-Personal-Empowerment-and-Success

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