Ask any eBay Power Seller how to increase your bids and sold auctions. You will almost always get the same answer: Your product photograph is the most important feature in your auction after the title.

How many times have you taken a photo for an auction to have it come out blurred, or with distracting shadows or flash reflections? Taking great auction photos is not that hard if you know the techniques –but highly frustrating if you don't.

You might know how to use your digital camera to take great pictures of your family and friends –but taking product photos for auctions is different.

Snappy Auction Photos by David Steiner is the first book written specifically for the eBay and on-line auction seller. Whether you are a novice or advanced amateur, Snappy Auction Photos will show you the specific techniques necessary to take great product photos for your eBay and Yahoo auctions.

David Steiner is a professional photographer and videographer. And, more importantly, David is an eBay Power Seller himself. He has taken hundreds, if not thousands, of photos for his successful eBay auctions. Best of all, David is also a great writer. He explains all the techniques of digital product photography easy-to-understand language without all the technical jargon many people find difficult to understand. His techniques are simple and can be learned with literally just minutes of practice.

The book is loaded with illustrations and examples. Best of all David shows you how to set up simple, low cost backgrounds and lighting systems that work every time.

As you know, I usually sell printed books as opposed to CDs or e-books. Snappy Auction Photos is an exception to this rule. There are so many photos and illustrations that a printed manual would be just too expensive to produce. We have produced Snappy auction Photos on an exclusive CD, only available through The Auction Seller's Resource. The CD contains a 77 page PDF file that allows you to navigate easily through the lessons. Best of all, it is print friendly –you can print it out and put it in a 3-ring notebook for easy reference. (I strongly advise doing this so you can have the instructions and illustrations next to you when shooting your first few photos.)

In addition to showing you how to increase your eBay profits by taking great product photos, David also reviews several digital cameras and provides lots of links to sites where you can get more information, including a link to a site with an interactive lighting program where you can see the effects of using different lighting schemes in real time.

From general principles to detailed how-to tips, the book will explain everything you need to know about digital photography for online auction selling. You will learn:

• What to look for when purchasing a digital camera
• How to take sharp photos every time
• Explanation and use of digital camera features to improve your shots
• Simple low-cost lighting set ups
• How to shoot glass objects
• How to shoot jewelry and other small objects
• How deal with highly reflective surfaces
• When to use flash and when to use daylight or static lights
• How to create an effective backdrop and how to frame a shot
• A link to a web based interactive lighting example
• How to avoid problems like "hot spots" in your photos
• What every auction photo should contain
• How to get your images to load faster
• How to create composite images using image-editing software
• How to save money on image-hosting
• On-line resources to compare and find the right digital camera for your specific need

Snappy Auction Photos has been sold on Amazon.com as an e-book. This is the second edition, newly revised and updated in September, 2003. You can only get the CD edition here at the Auction Seller's Resource.

Snappy Auction Photos is a great investment for beginning sellers and those who want to learn more about making the most of photos in their online auctions. The cost can be easily recovered with just one or two successful auctions that result from using the easy techniques you will learn.

As with all products sold by The Auction Seller's Resource, we take all the risk. If you don't find Snappy Auction Photos helps you increase your hits and successful sales –or if you are unhappy for any reason, simply return it to us within 90 days for a full and unconditional refund –no questions asked.

There are two ways to get Snappy Auction Photos:

We are now offering Snappy Auction Photos as a FREE Bonus with the purchase of How to Start & Run an eBay Consignment Business. Click Here to read about this exciting instruction manual.

If you would like to purchase just the CD, click the Buy Now button below to order your copy of Snappy Auction Photos sent to you the same business day via USPS Priority Mail. The cost is $19.95 plus $3.90 S&H.