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Photo-Happy

YEY!! My camera finally made it's way back to me. Yesterday I was surprised to hear the doorbell ring as I wasn't expecting a package.... but there she was. All shiny and rested up... and just as good as new. What a hard couple of weeks it has been camera-less. Everyone knows a blog post needs a photo, so as you can imagine I have been quite uninspired to post.

BUT I'm back! After getting her out of the box and miles of bubble-wrapping I ran around the house and shot photos with glee. Here are just a few of my tea fortune. It was simple, but right on the spot as they always seem to be.

See you tomorrow with more photo goodness.
xo,
Jennalou

2nd try

So I may have been a little overzealous with my photo box last night. After my initial post I played around with my camera settings a bit more and got even better results. I think that there is still room for improvement, but considering the somewhat low quality of my camera this may be as good as it gets until I upgrade.

Anyways I couldn't be more tickled with the results!!

xoxo,
Jennalou

Lightening up

As part of my resolution to become a better photographer in 2008 I went out on a journey today to get all the supplies for a DIY light box. This was not actually my first attempt at building one... my first attempt will remain unmentionable... It was a disaster!

This time I did a bit of research first. I looked at examples and browsed many of the tutorials available online. Remembering my past experience and what I thought were the weak points of my previous light box building, I choose this tutorial. It's so straight forward and EASY PEASY. I literally finished this in 1/2 hour or less. It was simple and really effective. While I was out gathering I stopped to get a tripod for balance because I tend to get shaky camera hands.

The most important part to remember when doing this is to use the daylight bulbs and adjust the white balance settings on your camera so it picks up the right white.

I'm so excited to FINALLY have a working light box. I did a little photoshop work to my photos, but nothing compared with what I was doing sans light box. Now that I have this ready to go it'll make photographing all the items waiting to get in the shop easier, quicker, and much more enjoyable.

If you've been wanting to improve your item shots I strongly suggest trying this out!
Happy Wednesday Everyone!!
xoxo,
Jennalou