{"id":140,"date":"2014-02-11T01:36:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T09:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2016-09-12T21:26:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T04:26:43","slug":"creative-product-staging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/creative-product-staging\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Product Staging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Google has expanded its desire for original content to include original photography, and is \u00a0looking less favorably on stock photography. \u00a0It is part of how Google decides which websites have more authority. \u00a0As the internet has morphed it&#8217;s a natural progression for each website to have its own original content for a unique online presence.<\/p>\n<p>As you travel the internet you&#8217;ll begin to recognize stock photography as you see the same photo on multiple websites. \u00a0Stock photography used to be a cost effective solution for website owners. Recent years have seen substantial increases in the cost of stock photography. \u00a0If you choose 10 photos at $50 each for your website &#8211; you can afford to have original photos shot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/product-staging-photo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-146 size-full\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/product-staging-photo.jpg\" alt=\"product staging photographer\" width=\"880\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/product-staging-photo.jpg 880w, http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/product-staging-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/product-staging-photo-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These two shots are staged. \u00a0Using promotional items strengthens the branding, and also helps deter your website photos being stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Another huge plus for having your own photos is Google&#8217;s image search. Your images will \u00a0work as an advertisement for your services and products. \u00a0Bring an original touch to your website. View more <a href=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/product-photography-staging.html\">staged photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-style: normal; line-height: 24.375px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/creative-staging-photography.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-142 size-full\" style=\"border-color: #bbbbbb; background-color: #eeeeee;\" src=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/creative-staging-photography.jpg\" alt=\"creative staging photography\" width=\"720\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/creative-staging-photography.jpg 720w, http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/creative-staging-photography-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/creative-staging-photography-500x280.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Google has expanded its desire for original content to include original photography, and is \u00a0looking less favorably on stock photography. \u00a0It is part of how Google decides which websites have more authority. \u00a0As the internet has morphed it&#8217;s a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/creative-product-staging\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,1,46,58,49],"tags":[74,53,59,54],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-photography","category-photography","category-product-photography","category-product-staging-photography","category-website-photography","tag-creative-staging-photography","tag-product-photography-2","tag-staging-product-photography","tag-website-photography-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2cxVk-2g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":531,"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}