The Foxi guide

136 practical guides on photographing and editing what you sell — written for the people doing it themselves.

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Sports & Recreation

Getting usable action shots in a badly lit school gym

Shutter and ISO floors for indoor sport, why auto white balance flips under flickering lights, and how to rescue an underexposed gym batch afterwards.

October 7, 2026 · 7 min read
Wine, Beer & Spirits

Photographing a Pour: Head Retention, Lacing and the 90-Second Window

How to compose, focus and light before you pour so you catch the beer while the head is still right, plus a re-shoot routine that avoids warm beer.

October 7, 2026 · 7 min read
Manufacturing & Industrial

Photographing excavators, cranes and plant in an outdoor yard

How plant dealers and hire companies shoot large machines in a gravel yard: fleet-consistent poses, low angles, flat skies, and the detail frames buyers expect.

October 7, 2026 · 7 min read
Music & Entertainment

The press shot cliches that make an act look unsigned

Brick walls, railway arches, midday squints and the member standing three feet back - the band photo mistakes editors skip, and what to shoot instead.

October 7, 2026 · 7 min read
Professional Services

Careers Page Photos That Show Candidates the Actual Job

What graduates and lateral hires are really assessing, why recycling partner portraits fails, and how to photograph the office honestly without overselling it.

October 5, 2026 · 6 min read
Home Services

Gutter Cleaning Photos When the Customer Will Never See the Roof

How one-person gutter crews prove work the homeowner cannot verify: down-the-run shots, the debris pile, flowing downspouts and proving the set is theirs.

October 5, 2026 · 7 min read
Farms & Agriculture

Photographing a used tractor or implement so it actually sells

Wash it, move it off the yard, shoot the eight angles buyers look for, and photograph the wear directly. A practical guide to used machinery listing photos.

October 5, 2026 · 7 min read
Travel & Tourism

Photographing religious and cultural sites for a tour listing

How to check photography permissions, frame worshippers responsibly, and market temples, mosques, churches and community-managed sites without giving offence.

October 5, 2026 · 7 min read
Artists & Makers

A Documentation Checklist for Every Piece You Finish

A repeatable per-piece routine so you never ship work you have no usable image of: six shots, one fixed setup, and a file-naming record that survives years.

October 2, 2026 · 7 min read
Education & Training

Fixing a Faculty Directory Where Every Photo Looks Different

How to write a one-page faculty portrait standard and retrofit an existing directory of mismatched photos without reshooting every member of staff.

October 2, 2026 · 7 min read
Health & Medical

Photographing New Equipment So It Means Something to Patients

How to photograph a scanner, laser or imaging unit so patients understand it - pairing it with an in-use shot, handling glare, and captioning without claims.

October 2, 2026 · 7 min read
Nonprofits & Causes

Showing Change Without Turning a Person Into a Before Photo

Why a before image of a person is uniquely hard to withdraw, what to photograph instead, and how genuine physical before-and-afters should be shot honestly.

October 2, 2026 · 7 min read

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AI Guides4How AI photo editing actually works — prompts, resolution, artifacts, ethics and the limits worth knowing before you rely on it.Real Estate5Listing photography that holds up to scrutiny: staging, twilight shots, sky replacement and the disclosure rules that come with them.Products5Marketplace-ready product photos — white backgrounds, flat lays, apparel and the platform requirements you have to meet.Hotels & Rentals4Photos that fill rooms: hotel interiors, short-term rental listings, and keeping a property's photo set current across seasons.Headshots5Professional headshots without a studio — lighting, wardrobe, backgrounds and keeping a distributed team's photos consistent.Creators4Thumbnails, feeds, cover art and media kits — the visual assets a creator business runs on.Food & Drink5Menus, delivery apps, bakery cases and cocktails — food photography for people who run kitchens, not studios.Vehicles4Inventory and listing photography for cars, motorcycles, RVs and boats, plus the honesty rules that protect a sale.Trades & Services4Before-and-after pairs, progress documentation and portfolio pages that win the next job.Interiors & Design4Editorial interior photography, render-to-photoreal, material variants and mood boards that hold together.Weddings & Events4Portfolios, venue galleries and vendor marketing for the people who photograph, plan and host the biggest day someone will book all year.Beauty & Salons4Hair, nails, brows, barbering and skin — photographing close-up work where colour accuracy and honest before-and-afters decide whether someone books.Fitness & Wellness4Gyms, studios, trainers and spas — photographing equipment, classes and transformations without overpromising a result.Pets & Animals4Groomers, vets, boarding, rescues and pet brands — photographing subjects that will not hold still, and doing it honestly.Fashion & Boutiques4Boutiques, resellers and independent labels — apparel photography where colour accuracy and honest fit drive the return rate.Artists & Makers4Painters, ceramicists, print sellers and galleries — photographing work so colour, texture and scale survive the screen.Health & Medical4Clinics, dentists and aesthetic practices — clinical photography and marketing imagery where accuracy is a regulatory matter, not a style choice.Education & Training4Schools, tutors and course creators — campus, classroom and course imagery, including the consent questions that come with photographing students.Nonprofits & Causes4Charities, community groups and fundraisers — imagery that respects the people in it, with the dignity questions handled up front.Professional Services4Law, accounting and consulting firms — office, team and profile imagery for businesses sold on credibility rather than product.Home Services4Cleaning, moving, pest, HVAC and pool companies — proving work that is mostly invisible when it's done right.Travel & Tourism4Tour operators, guides and destinations — selling an experience honestly, including what the weather and the crowds actually look like.Farms & Agriculture4Farms, markets and agritourism — produce, livestock and land photographed for direct-to-consumer sales.Wine, Beer & Spirits4Wineries, breweries, distilleries and bottle shops — bottles, taprooms and the label shots that carry a brand.Manufacturing & Industrial4Equipment makers, suppliers and B2B manufacturers — technical photography for buyers who need to see specification, not styling.Sports & Recreation4Clubs, facilities and outfitters — action, team and facility photography for organisations that sell participation.Music & Entertainment4Musicians, DJs and venues — press shots, live photography and the cover art an act is judged by before a note plays.Home & Garden Retail3Furniture, decor, plants and nurseries — large or living products that resist a simple studio setup.Jewellery & Watches3Fine jewellery, watches and bridal — the hardest small-object photography there is: reflection, sparkle, scale and true metal colour.Family & Childcare3Daycares, family photographers and children's businesses — photographing children with consent and safeguarding handled properly.Senior Care3Assisted living, home care and retirement communities — imagery that respects residents while showing a family what daily life is actually like.Financial & Insurance3Advisors, brokers and agencies — trust-driven imagery for an industry with real advertising rules attached.Agencies & Freelancers3Marketing agencies, studios and freelancers — producing client imagery at volume across accounts that all look different.Professional Photographers3Working photographers — where AI editing fits in a professional workflow, and the many places it does not.Platforms & Channels3Where the photo actually gets published — image requirements and what performs on each major platform and marketplace.