Make sure the subject of your picture doesn't blend with the background. This sounds like common sense, but if you look at the elephant sculpture on the left you'll notice that the back leg blends with the plant in the background. When I took this picture, I did not notice this. Perhaps this speaks more about my intelligence than I would like for it to, but I'd prefer to think that I am just used to looking at this sculpture. When you know what your subject looks like (and what artist does not know exactly what their artworks look like?) it's hard to see it from someone else's point of view. When I look at the picture on the left, I see the same sculpture I always see, with every detail intact. Unfortunately, I'm the ONLY one who sees those details from this picture.

More tips:

• If you normally use a polarizing lens on your camera, remove it before taking pictures of your artworks. It will cast a bluish tint onto your pictures.
• Take pictures from multiple angles - the images that you use (or don't use) can determine whether your online presence is successful or not. Artworks that can be viewed from different angles should be photographed from different angles so that your viewers can see the many different aspects of your work. In other words, you need multiple images for 3-dimensional artworks. You may also need multiple images of 2-dimensional artworks (close-ups of certain sections, pictures showing what your work looks like framed, etc.)