Taking pictures

-
Taking photos is something I do all the time 

When you first start in the handmade business you can't go out and employ a professional photographer to take your pictures you have to do it all your self .
Things have changed a lot since I first started my problem is I would work all day on the things 
I made and couldn't wait to show them . Trying to take pictures at night was a big problem so much help now but I always found natural light was the best .

The time I wasted trying to find the best place to take pictures more time than it took to make them .
Think I have worked my way through a few cameras funny some I broke dropping them oops .
I use my iPad a lot now find it easier and my subjects are a little bigger than the bag charms I photographed before so easy as photos are instant for the fast pace of social media like Facebook .

Also have what I call a proper camera but the process of down loading the pictures on to my old laptop is time consuming . I am working on a calendar featuring my monkeys for 2017 so my skills will have to improve or hubby will have to take them .

We visited Ramsbottom near bury the train station still run steam trains every day and the station is set in the 1940 style . 
My hubby had the camera and I had the iPad and we took along odd sock my sock monkey he loves having his picture taken .I was very surprised how good the photos turned out . The station wasn't that busy so we had opatunaty to take these great pictures .


Lovely sunny day I may use one of the pictures for my calendar love the one of odd sock on the old suitcases and this one with the Brooke blond tea sign 

I think what you get with the professional camera is clearer distant photos 
I found a few tips for photography put them on my jas crafty and DIY age on Facebook if any help 

Also some a great idea for making a cheap light box 
I am sure I will be showing the pictures for the new calendar soon wish me luck .

I must tell you I am still doing the orders but wanted to tell you I'm working on monkeys for sale and managed to put my first one on folksy today 😊
He's called Skittles and he's very cute picture taken with my iPad ❤️

Hope to make more exciting !! 
You can visit my Facebook page Sunnyteddys designs to see all my monkeys Thankyou 
Be back with more soon thanks for reading 
Julie 😊


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

That’s another story

-
Image
Hello Well I had a walk the other day ! I am only a small distance away from where I lived as a girl and my hubby lived just in the next street when we was courting but that’s another story. I had to go to the post office with a parcel bit of a walk not sure they like their jobs as they never look happy, I always thought you greeted customers with a smile well that’s how it was when I worked in a shop but that’s another story. Walking back my leg was aching but had to go to doctors not for my leg they said that it could be osteoporosis just gave me pain killers to go with the high blood presser not good but that’s another story. I decided to walk by where I lived as a girl I remember playing handstands on the wall the houses where quite new when we moved in, my friend Jackie broke her collar bone doing a handstand but that’s another story. No 18 remember it well had my own bedroom lucky me ! Loved art and painted a mural on the wall it was a girls face with crazy hair it’s stil
Read more

Our case went missing at the airport

-
Image
 Yes our case went missing well my husbands case.  Just glad it wasn’t mine! We went to Tenerife for a 9 day holiday.  I am not good on flying get travel sick but I was fine.Then on the Monday I got a tummy bug so went off my food a bit still didn’t feel right on the Thursday when we was coming home.  I took some dolls with me took some fantastic pictures beautiful place. So you can see why I’m glad it wasnt my case. But no body wants to lose a case!  But the funny thing is The flight seemed long and the plain was packed, only one other guy got on the coach to the airport and mick noticed his case was very much like his. We was very releaved to touch down at Manchester.  This is where it went strange there was a very long que at passport control and took forever we had rushed to get there quick. They now have them silly machines to read your passport and they wasn’t working very well so took longer.  Then we went straight to pick the cases up! Where was everyone they all seemed to have
Read more

History of the sock monkey

-
Image
Hello  History of the sock monkey . The sock monkey originated from the Victorian era  Stuffed Animals crafted for children and monkeys became popular and still are . John Nelson a Swedish immigrant to the United States patterned the sock knitting machine in 1868 And began knitting socks . He created Rockford seamless socks hosiery selling under the name of nelsons socks . Later in 1932 the red heeled sock was made known today as the Rockford red heeled sock .The first monkeys was made from worn ones . Then developed in 1953 different designs but Rockford Illinois became the home of the sock monkey and borght the patent rights . The oldest Rockford monkeys that are found now date back to the 1950s to 1970s Fox river mills inc acquired nelson knitting company in 1992 . Homemade red heeled sock monkey dolls have unique faces depending on the person who made them like my monkeys .The manufactured ones have the same face design . New ones today are made from a variety of socks striped,polk
Read more