Still working on the lighting issue....just need a bit more time in the day to experiment!!
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
My New Lamp from Buyster Lighting
Hey folks, I have had a hold up with the progression of the U'Tube video. The computer nerd and myself are having a few teething probs with the new video camera so I thought I would do my lighting post as a photo tutorial. I hope it helps. Really, I think taking good detailed photos of your work gets down to being patient and experimenting.
I was soooooo lucky to have Maree from Buyster Lighting offer me a fantastic lamp to test run. My computer/scrapbooking room is kind of dark and I found all my photos or scans of my finished work were dark and lacking detail. I thought I would set up a photo shoot for my work, experimenting with different techniques and different forms of lighting. The lamp I have is awesome!! It is so flexible with an adjusting arm and head on a really heavy base. It is black and looks really mod. The lamp can rotate 360 degrees around on its base too. It takes a 60 watt globe. Intially i set up two sheets of greeny coloured cardstock at the back ground for my shoot. I projected the lamp directly onto the front of the card and there was some over head lighting (the kitchen lights). I was really disappointed because the photo was very yellow in colour.
I had read somewhere a black background absorbs all the unnecessary light and is very flattering so I gave it ago. My card turned out really well. I could see so much more detail. I also had changed location back to my scrapping room which is a bit darker than the kitchen. I did not project direct light from the lamp. It took me a little while to fiddle around with the distance of the lamp from the card but I could see so much more detail on the card using the lamp this way (Photo 2). I did some closeups as well (Photo 5) and I was amazed at how much detail came out. The colour is pretty true too. Using a flash often washes the colour of your subject out but I got some good results using the lamp and the flash in conjunction with each other (Photo 4-slight loss of colour on the side I used the flash). I used he flash of the camera on the opposite side to the lamp and got a really even detailed look. Have a play. I think it is worth it. I am so over my scanner and I was looking to get a new camera because I couldn't get in close enough to get the detail in my photos but I have found the correct lighting can really enhance your photos. I hope this helps someone. I guess there is no magic answer it is perseverance and this is what worked for me. DARK BACKGROUND - lamp at a distance and some flash (opposite side to the lamp). I have a Canon Powershot Camera which is 4 years old. It isn't top of the range but I am so much happier with the photos I have taken using the lamp for lighting at night. Keeping in mind the best light is always going to be natural light. I am going to try out a smokey globe tomorrow. The computer nerd says he thinks I will get even better results. My lamp is the Madison. It is fully adjustable and it has a two year warranty. It can extend to about 60 cm tall. I LOVE IT....THANKS MAREE. Check out http://www.buysterlighting.com.au.
I had read somewhere a black background absorbs all the unnecessary light and is very flattering so I gave it ago. My card turned out really well. I could see so much more detail. I also had changed location back to my scrapping room which is a bit darker than the kitchen. I did not project direct light from the lamp. It took me a little while to fiddle around with the distance of the lamp from the card but I could see so much more detail on the card using the lamp this way (Photo 2). I did some closeups as well (Photo 5) and I was amazed at how much detail came out. The colour is pretty true too. Using a flash often washes the colour of your subject out but I got some good results using the lamp and the flash in conjunction with each other (Photo 4-slight loss of colour on the side I used the flash). I used he flash of the camera on the opposite side to the lamp and got a really even detailed look. Have a play. I think it is worth it. I am so over my scanner and I was looking to get a new camera because I couldn't get in close enough to get the detail in my photos but I have found the correct lighting can really enhance your photos. I hope this helps someone. I guess there is no magic answer it is perseverance and this is what worked for me. DARK BACKGROUND - lamp at a distance and some flash (opposite side to the lamp). I have a Canon Powershot Camera which is 4 years old. It isn't top of the range but I am so much happier with the photos I have taken using the lamp for lighting at night. Keeping in mind the best light is always going to be natural light. I am going to try out a smokey globe tomorrow. The computer nerd says he thinks I will get even better results. My lamp is the Madison. It is fully adjustable and it has a two year warranty. It can extend to about 60 cm tall. I LOVE IT....THANKS MAREE. Check out http://www.buysterlighting.com.au.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Watch this Space!!!
Hubby and I have bought a new video camera. Apparently it has a function which is useful when making U-Tube videos!!?!! So in lieu of the new video camera I thought I would create a little video tutorial about how to get the right lighting when photographing completed cards and scrapping projects. I have come across a great lightening idea which is inexpensive and gives great results and is flexible enough to use in many positions. Good lighting is essential to capturing all the precious little details in our work. Most of the time I finish a product late at night. I always want to post it on my blog straight away but the photos I take at night just don't cut it and scanning isn't doing it for me either. Good lighting is definitely the key. So stay tuned for my first U'Tube Vid. If I can master the U'Tube thing I might look at some more tutorial ideas I have around the Christmas theme. STAY TUNED !!!!!!!!!!
Off to make something I can use for my video. Have a great week everybody!!
Off to make something I can use for my video. Have a great week everybody!!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
No work to post only a funny story.......
Have a read of this for a cute story courtesy of my Mother In Law.....(She received it on email from somewhere)..........
The 'Middle Wife' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second grade classroom a few years back.
When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.
Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater.
She holds up a snapshot of an infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.'
'First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a
seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.'
She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.
'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.)
'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this.' (Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall.)
'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!' (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming water flowing away. It was too much!)
'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe.
They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from Mom's play-center, (placenta) so there must be a lot of toys inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him for crawling up in there.'
Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat. I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another 'Middle Wife' comes along.
The 'Middle Wife' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second grade classroom a few years back.
When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.
Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater.
She holds up a snapshot of an infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.'
'First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a
seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.'
She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.
'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.)
'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this.' (Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall.)
'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!' (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming water flowing away. It was too much!)
'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe.
They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from Mom's play-center, (placenta) so there must be a lot of toys inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him for crawling up in there.'
Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat. I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another 'Middle Wife' comes along.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Some more cards folks...
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Check these little babies out!! How stunning are these. I just ordered a couple of packets of the Gardenias from My2Angels. SUCH AWESOME VALUE AT $4.80 FOR 12....Yes that's right 12!! You receive three of each colour. I had a bit more of a snoop around in the 'New Arrivals Section' and found some cute pins 10 for $1.00. There is some really great products at unbelievable prices. There is a free gift with purchase and if you order, pay and mention I referred you (in the comment section at the checkout) I am up for a gift too which I think I will choose to give back to one of the people who orders and pays at My2Angels just for the fun of it. Get over and have a look through all the different sections in the Boutique for that special something. AND hows the postage.....Flat rate $2.70 for everything within Aus EXCEPT papers, tapes and bottles eg kindy glitz, glimmer mist and dimensional magic which means the postage for the flowers only cost $2.70 with all other items being flat rate postage is $5.20. Also if you would like the cute little blinkie to add to your blog this is the url .........
http://www.my2angels.net/images/FlashingBlinkie.gif ...........Thankyou Tracey...so lovely!!
http://www.my2angels.net/images/FlashingBlinkie.gif ...........Thankyou Tracey...so lovely!!
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