Q: How do I take better photos of my products so they look more professional?
A: Do you have a photobox of some sort, and some good lighting? Honestly i think the photographers equipment make up about 70% of their occupation. Sadly it can be quite expensive when added up together. Home-made photo boxes cuts the cost and in some cases can do just as good a job as the professional products. But a good photo box (small and illuminates the light all around your product) with good lighting will probably help make your pictures dramatically better!
Something like this:
If your familiar with image editing using Adobe Photoshop, or PaintShop Pro, you can do some further touch-ups to the brightness and color contrast, and/or give your products a custom background and pretty shadow effect to make your product presentation more appealing.