Getting your farm photos ready for use in your website and marketing emails is easy — just download the free software, then crop, scale, and export. Here’s our step-by-step guide!

Stock photos often get a bad rap for being cheesy and inauthentic, but the right ones can take your farm’s e-commerce store to the level while staying true to your brand identity.

When we say “optimize,” we are referring primarily to the process of compressing file size enough so that it loads quickly, but not so much that it doesn’t look crisp. We also consider visual consistency.

If you feel like you’re taking the same photos over and over, check out our tips below to freshen up your camera roll and give you a few more options next time you need photos for marketing. Plus, scroll to the end for a few technical tips!

In the age of email newsletters, social media, and online ordering, digital photos have become a must-have asset for small farms in marketing directly to consumers. Having a beautiful library of high-resolution, professional photos is infinitely valuable.

Here are some ideas and examples to set you on your way to easily composing your own shareable farm videos.

We recently hosted a webinar for the Hoosier Young Farmers Coalition about filming, editing, and sharing your own videos about your farm business using just your phone and free software. Check out the full recording!

We recommend the following accessories to improve video quality of farm videos you record on your smartphone. You can get everything on this list for less than $200.

Here are some free tools you can use to help you edit, optimize, and share your own farm videos online, including a demo of how to use OpenShot.

Here are our ten quick tips for making the most of your phone’s capabilities. All of these tips are loosely geared towards one goal: making it easy for your viewers to keep watching, and to absorb the content you’ve worked hard to produce without distraction.