You just picked the perfect vegetable. It looks scrumptious and you grew it all yourself! Wanting to show it off, you rush to take a photo of it for your social media account not realizing that:
a) You are posing it on the compost heap.
b) Little Joseph, instead of infusing the vegetable with adorable child energy, is picking his nose in the background.
c) The vegetable is being propped up by the biggest thistle you have ever seen (seriously, this weed needs its own nickname, Weedzilla!)
d) The lighting looks awful; but at least it distracts from the fact that Mr. Whiskers is licking his posterior in the left corner.
Four reasons you need to know how to take gorgeous farm photos
1) Promoting yourself online.
When people visit your website, blog or Facebook page online they have nothing to judge you on but your images and words. They don’t know you or your farm. So, when they see a couple of mangy carrots near a pile of manure it doesn’t impress them much. It may even give them the wrong idea about your operation.
2) Encouraging others to share your images online.
Beautiful photos beg to be shared and held up as an example. Sharing will increase your farm’s advertising and visibility.
3) Helping to inspire others.
Powerful scenes of rural life bring beauty to the internet and encourage others to take up a rural lifestyle. There is enough ugliness on the internet without adding to it.
4) Feeling a sense of pride in your farm.
Choosing to document the beauty in your farm will help infuse you with a healthy feeling of pride in your operation.
Which pepper picture above has more impact?
One pepper looks sad and lonely. Grouping the peppers makes a more visually striking picture
See: Eight Tips for Taking Great Rural Photos