Take Better Photos of Your Knits for Your Blog
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A short tutorial about how to take better photos - written for knitters who blog. Written by Charisa Martin Cairn. 2010.
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Take Better Photos of Your Knits for Your Blog
- 1. Quick Photography TipsFor Knitters with Blogs You Can Do It! Charisa Martin Cairn
- 2. Photos make you smarter You can: capture an idea show someone what you mean remember accurately illustrate a thought learn how to use your point and shoot There’s no grading involved!
- 3. Point and Shoots take great shots It’s digital? Try every setting with one object Do not use flash! (tripod useful) Not in direct sunlight – overcast works best Check your white balance Unclutter your photoshoot Figure out the macro setting Carry it with you EVERYWHERE!
- 4. DSLRs take great shots Try all the settings! Don’t stick to “Auto” Low Aperture = blurred background Don’t use your DSLR flash, get one that you can point up or to the side (tripod = good) Unclutter your photoshoot Play with lens types: lensbaby, wide angle, telephoto
- 5. Easy Light Box Get the lighting right
- 6. DIY Lightbox http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent My personal fave:PVC fixes everything http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/03/pvc_light_box_light_tent.html
- 7. Video or Still Flash or Not White balance Additional options Close up (macro)or distance
- 8. White balance & Space balance Get the lighting and layout right – shoot what you like
- 9. Check your white balance
- 11. Sometimes “spare” may not tell the whole story
- 13. Wide open/low aperture Creates a mood Blurs the background
- 15. Don’t lay it flat, get if off the bed Shadow adds interest.
- 16. Tell a story
- 17. Carry your camera everywhere Get the shot!
- 18. Ravelry Papa and Mama
- 19. Betty Roberts, The Spinning Wheel Lady
- 20. Cookie A, Analytical and deep in thought
- 23. Your point and shoot takes video. Hmmm.
- 27. Even in a friend’s kitchen
- 29. And , sometimes, the digital darkroom makes the shot. Photoshop can be your friend.
- 32. Don’t be afraid to get in their face
- 33. Sometimes, rented equipment is good (Don’t buy what you don’t need) A rented long telephoto lens was employed for this shot.
- 35. Lowlight can be evocative
- 36. Perfection isn’t needed if you just need to capture an idea.
- 37. Do Cool Things Zazzle ‘em, Shutterfly ‘em, Blurb ‘em!
- 38. Make a calendar free, advertise your blog (bighugelabs.com)
- 39. Shutterfly.com Rather than use calendar option ($20 per calendar), try adding a border on a print and giving 12 prints.
- 40. Make things! Zazzle.com Publish! Lulu.com or Blurb.com
- 41. Photography is like knitting You have to do a lot of it to be good at it You start with one camera & before you know it… The more you do, the more you learn Look at other blogs and see what they are doing – can you do it too? Stitch by stitch, and photo by photo, you’ll master it!
- 42. Questions? Charisa Martin Cairn tookall the photos in this presentation.(except the cameras & light boxes & the one with the Ravelry folks ) See her knit pattern designs atwww.k1p1design1.com Resources Bing or Google Images, ideas! Flickr.com, Smugmug.com (search it, learn!) PioneerWoman (how to)http://thepioneerwoman.com/photography
Notas do Editor
- It’s digital? Try every setting with one object.Do not use flash! Wait until morning to take pictures, you will be handsomely rewarded!Do not take in direct sunlight - if you can’t avoid it, hold up a piece of paper to create a shady spot for your yarn. Better yet, get a translucent IKEA storage tub, set it on it’s side, put your yarn in and take a pic! Those storage tubs are excellent “light boxes”.The BEST light for outdoor photography is an overcast day.Plain backgrounds are best - solid colors like white, blue, gray, etc. You can buy a large sheet of paper from a craft store and voila with your IKEA storage box you have an instant yarn photo studio!
- It’s digital? Try every setting with one object.Do not use flash! Wait until morning to take pictures, almost all cameras let you turn off the flash.Do not take in direct sunlight - if you can’t avoid it, hold up a piece of paper to create a shady spot for your yarn. Better yet, get a translucent IKEA storage tub, set it on it’s side, put your yarn in and take a pic! Those storage tubs are excellent “light boxes”.The BEST light for outdoor photography is an overcast day.Plain backgrounds are best - solid colors like white, blue, gray, etc. You can buy a large sheet of paper from a craft store and voila with your IKEA storage box you have an instant yarn photo studio!Invest in a tripod if you really get going.
- Check your white balance
- Humans are usually better than forms
- Spare may not tell the whole story
- Just enough stuff, no more
- Play with depth of field
- Don’t be conventional
- Don’t lay it flat, get if off the bed. Shadow adds interest.
- Tell a story
- Jess and Casey of Ravelry
- All the “pro” photographers with $8,000 lens were looking at my butt, but I got the shot.
- Color play
- colorplay
- Opportunity!
- Shadow makes for interest
- Sometimes, photoshop makes for interest
- Don’t be afraid to get in their face
- Sometimes, rented equipment is good
- Seeing things where there are none, photo challenges
- Point and shoot can take evocative images too
- Perfection isn’t needed if you just need to capture an idea.
- http://www.bighugelabs.com/