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Business|Articles|Mar 9, 2017

Why Celina Ryden "Fakes" Nail Photos

In the first of an upcoming video series about nail photography, Celina Ryden explains why it's important to put time and effort into your nail photos, how good editing can make sure the image reflects the real-life look of the nails, and why photography is an important part of business branding.

Nail Design|Articles|Feb 28, 2017

How to Take Better Nail Photos

NAILS contributing editor and nail tech Holly Schippers shows a few tips on taking better photos of your nail art. She also shows how to e-mail them or share them with us for the chance to get your nail art featured in NAILS Magazine and on our social media. Want to step up your nail photo game? Read our guide to photographing nails, which includes an introduction to DSLR cameras: http://www.nailsmag.com/article/95982/photographing-nail-art

Nail Design|Articles|Aug 2, 2016

My First Test Shoot

The world of nails can stretch beyond clients and a table. A test shoot is a unique opportunity to work with other professionals and build a portfolio. Nail tech Diane Diaz takes us inside her first test shoot to share what she learned. 

Nail Design|Articles|Jan 14, 2016

Cover Tech Contest 2016

A Study in Contrast: Once again, NAILS’ readers have spoken, and this year you selected Moscow-based nail tech Anastasia Luksha’s bold but simple design for our cover. Our congratulations and thanks go out to Luksha and the other 11 finalists. After viewing their incredibly imaginative and varied designs, we’re glad that selecting the winner was your job, not ours.

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Tech Tuesday: The Art of Photography

We (the editors at NAILS) get a lot of questions daily about how to appear in the pages of NAILS. One thing most of our submission guidelines have in common is the need for photos to be emailed to us. We understand you’re not all expert photographers, so we wanted to share with you our tips for submitting quality photos that are sure to help you get published.

Business|Articles|Apr 30, 2014

Photograph, Post, Repeat

More and more salons are making use of step-and-repeat-style backgrounds when photographing their nail art for the web. Take a look at why these chic and simple advertising tools are catching on and how you can join the party.  

Technique|Articles|Mar 14, 2014

How to Build a Lightbox

Lindsey Roberts of the blog www.nails4dummies.blogspot.com shows how to easily create your own affordable lightbox for better nail art photography.

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