Sam,
Photography & skills can surely make good look better, but not worse look good.
Any photograph taken (like of CoreElements) should be well balanced or at times the main person (in this case the turntable, cartridge, arm etc) can also be placed a little away from the center of the photograph to get some interesting capture.
And lastly the more clean your environment will be, the better shall be the photographs.
So get rid of clutter, clean the subject you want to click & organize the stuff/things placed around it to take a shot.
**Quick tips on photography samapt!
For more on them please contact AUDIOENGINEER (he is a maestro in photography as well!)