Photographing Carpet Bags

When I started Craft Fairs 10 years ago, I was making Carpet Bags. I sold them for years and they did a lot of traveling around the world. Now I have no time for Fairs and Art Festivals but I do have leftover bags and bag supplies that I can’t bring myself to toss out. Plus, truth be told, I love making bags. So onward to Etsy with bags.

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When I took this picture for Etsy, I got to see the difference of my old camera’s  pictures and now. The camera and I have come a very long, long way. It gives me hope. Working all hours of the day and night, sometimes actually gets you somewhere…:)

Photography and a new Camera

I have always hid a desire for photography. Before owning a business, the most impressive camera I ever owned was an Instamatic 110. I would take the 24 pictures and send the film away to Clarks and magically the photos would appear in the mail about a week later. My goodness have we evolved!

I now shoot hundreds of photos in a sitting on my Kodak Easy share. Downloading them minutes later, I delete some, sort the rest and then spend a good chunk of time in Photoshop. My Kodak point and shoot intimidated me at first and now after these few years, as all good evolutions  conclude, it does not do what I need, demonstrating that my needs have grown. The Kodak has been wonderful to me for these past few years. But now I feel its boundaries, stopping me from places to which I want to drift creatively ……and technically, too.

Hence, the arrival of a Canon Rebel with 2 lens, a hood, a tripod and assorted stuff of which I am still learning what each piece is and for what it is used. Having no idea of what to do is answered by Google research, paired with a well written instructional book.

What have I learned so far? After a 6 hour educational session of my camera and I today, I have learned to much to share here.  What I will share as it is the biggest piece of information is this; Set your white balance, and set it within the context of the lighting with which you use.

The First with a golden hue.
 

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The second with a blue hue.

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The third with a yellow hue.

 

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Although not perfect, this was taken after I finally paid attention to the need to balance white.

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Onward and upward.

…Blogger Home

Well, I’m here at last, my home, my own little rowboat now set sail on the sea of blogs that brings us together, that make friends of those who never met, read thoughts of those I have never seen, now I,too,have my own little chair upon which to sit and write.

I made my very first banner!!! ..(taking a big proud bow!)..I would like to thank a few people that deserve credit.I need to thank Penn Arts and Sciences for their page on how to make a banner, without their page and its simplistic directions, I would still be in frustrated tears as I attemped to undergo a task for which I have no training.Thank you Penn! You saved my morning and my enthusiasm for graphic arts.Yay! I now know how to resize and attach 3 photos, add my name and save it! I feel enpowered! I feel brave!

Mostly, I would like to thank Shannon Neely for her photography. Thank you Shannon for your gorgeous photographs.Your art inspired me and guided me to find the voice I hoped to share.Your work impresses and touches me. Thank you.

~Susannah