Product Photography

I have been knitting more than anything lately, and building up my stock of dead fish hats in order to have a booth later this fall at a craft show. This is a new adventure for me, I've knit for many years, and have sold a few of these hats by word of mouth, but never done a craft show before. I don't count the one show I did that was in a doctor's office after hours for their employees....

Now my challenge is product photography. My son that was willing to model the hats for me is at college, and I'm sure the other one doesn't want to. I need to find some way to display the hats for product photos without buying a bust. I also need to decide how best to photograph lace shawls to show the lace detail and size. I think I have a friend that might be able to help me out with that.

Product photography is always a challenge for me, I'm not much for still-life type of stuff and I always have a hard time arranging them to showcase what I want in an appealing manner. It's the one assignment I dreaded in my photography class, and the one I did the worst on...

I'm thinking of using a fish stringer hanging on my deck with the hats hooked on like the catch of the day...
Here's a shot of one of the hats, on a trouser hanger drying after being washed. This one's 100% hand spun wool (and belongs to my son).

Dead Fish Hat