Photography Tips for Farm Marketing
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!
Hiring a Professional Farm Photographer
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.
Ideas for Farm Videos (with Examples!)
Here are some ideas and examples to set you on your way to easily composing your own shareable farm videos.
DIY Farm Tour 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!
Affordable Gear for Farm Videos
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.
Free Video Editing Software for Farm Videos
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.
Ten Tips for Making Your Own Farm Videos
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.
More coming soon!
We’re working on comprehensive resources for farm websites and farm marketing. What would you like to see resources for? Let us know in the comments so we can add it to our list!