Great Photographs: So Close
Remember my new “mail” room that I’ve recently set up? With storage and shipping features? One additional hope I had for this room was a great photo set up. So, I did a trial run to see how it might work.
Oh, it was fantastic! I just moved my empty table up (vertically) against the wall, and I had a nice long sight line. Then, I pulled out the two mega lights I had purchased some years ago. And the tripod. And brought my design wall in with my latest quilt pinned to it. Voila! I was ready to shoot!
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But, someone forgot to tell my camera. I’ve owned it for a few years and this is the first time I’ve needed manual settings for shutter speed, etc. Where did I find those features? Nowhere! My camera doesn’t have them. Darn! Drat it.
Back to shooting outside.
Ellen Lindner
P.S. A few notes:
– I have two design walls. Neither is attached to the wall. They just lean up against it, allowing me to move them around. Great for photography.
– Hand sewing needles make great invisible pins for attaching a quilt to a support. (I was really proud of myself for thinking of that one!)
I love it Ellen! I have used a design wall (insulation board covered with black felt) with yellow-head pins as support and then cropped them out using Photoshop. Your needle Idea would work better. Love your site.
Hi Leslie,
Thanks. The needles do work very well. I store them in a designated pill bottle, along with my other photo supplies.
The crepe myrtle quilt is beautiful!
Thanks, Christine! I’m happy with it. (And, it DOES look great with all that light, doesn’t it? If only my camera could have properly captured it.)