After reviewing the images from Day 1 last week, I ventured out for another session to improve on the setup and composition. The picture above was my final pick for an April ad featuring the Carousel Quilt Kit.
I have learned just enough Photoshop to get my work done. I learn something new everyday. Today I [...]
Category Archives: Photography 101
Basic Photo Editing
Inspiration – Nature
These enchanting blooms sit beneath a large fir tree just outside my kitchen window. A delightful surprise discovering they had beauty marks.
Inspiration – Ideas
Amazing rubber stamp carvings by Regina.
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an annual conference which brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes) [description borrowed from their website]. They’re now offering the best videocasts online for free. LOVE this presentation by Philippe [...]
Selling on eBay – Part 1
First I have to share a funny story. This story started the whole “let’s sell everything we own on eBay” extravaganza.
As the elves started wrapping gifts for the young children, mommy elf found a present that was left from the prior year’s Christmas. The elves hide the gifts in the same place very year. The [...]
Quilt Photography
I’m always on the look out for tricks and tips for taking better photos of my quilts. Holly Knott’s website was like finding the final piece of the puzzle. A talented art quilter and photographer, she’s written a wonderful multi-page guide to quilt photography.
Holly gives instructions on building these light stands. Very specific instructions. Like [...]
Favorite Things
This is my favorite stamp. I used it to create little thank you tags for pattern orders. It came in one of those cheapo packs at Hobby Lobby, the 10 stamps for only $2.99 variety. A HUGE thank you to all of you that ordered the pattern. Orders received by 2:00 pm have been [...]
Photography 101 – RAW
Hello class. Today I’m going to be talking about RAW, an image quality setting on a digital SLR.
I’m not an expert on any of this. I’ve been doing a lot of web reading and library book reading and wanted to share some techniques that have made my pictures better.
I have the Canon entry-level DSLR, a [...]
Photography 101 – Levels
I’m taking a little break from my ‘Learn Dreamweaver in Just 72 Hours’ course to share some fun camera stuff I learned this weekend. My outside photo shoot ended in disaster. Lots of things wrong with the approach. I’ll mention the biggies:
Waiting for ‘just the right lighting’ is extremely difficult for a controlled photo. [...]
My New Photography Studio
Inexpensive clamp lights from the hardware store. True light bulbs. Foam board left over from the science fair. Rationalization for a second camera.
Cameras & Curry
A field trip to the Seattle Children’s Festival was the perfect opportunity to experiment with my Mother’s Day gift, a Canon PowerShot SD800 IS.
I love my Digital Rebel but man, oh man, is that thing heavy. A second camera feels extremely indulgent, but, hey, given my unpaid job is valued at $138,095 a year [...]
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