Updates & Insights

Sizes, file limits, what gets a listing pulled, and where AI images are allowed — taken from eBay's own picture policy and listing help pages.

Shiny products mirror the room, not your lights. How to build the reflection you want, light clear glass two ways, and where AI actually helps.

The step most guides skip: identify the faces while someone can still name them. A four-stage system from the Library of Congress, adapted for a shoebox.

Secta's own page quotes 100+, 200+, and 300+ photos in three different places. Here's how to read a headshot pack — and when a studio fits better.

Two ways to change a product background: cut out and composite, or regenerate the scene. They fail differently, and marketplaces care which you used.

Kling gates 1080p and watermark removal behind membership, not credits. Here's what that means before you switch — and where we run Kling ourselves.

Photomyne is a capture tool sold as a yearly subscription. Most people searching for an alternative want two different things — here's how to split them.

Prompt templates for professional headshots, built from what OpenAI, Google, and Midjourney actually document — plus the folklore that does nothing.

How to photograph bottles, cans, and drinks — backlighting, killing reflections, fake condensation, and the hero shot that passes marketplace rules.

How to build a funeral or memorial slideshow — how many photos, file format, deadlines, and the music mistake that catches most families.