Pink! So much pink!
At least I’m getting to a point on the bag where I have to start thinking about finishing. This whole “create vast swathes of fabric from string” phase is nice, seeing as it’s near-impossible to screw up, but I’m spoiling for the more challenging parts of the project.
Yesterday my brain was practically spilling over with neat ideas for an appliqued design to go on the front of the bag and I can’t wait to get rolling on them. Note to self: Draw at least a few rudimentary sketches in the sketchbook before the ideas disappear into the ether, blown there by a few hours of pagination while I’m at work. Nothing like drawing boxes in Quark to slowly kill the spirit!
Man. The macro capabilities of the camera I’m using are, like, suck and a half. I’m all spoiled by the boyfriend’s beautiful digital SLR. I kept trying to get one part in focus and in all the pictures, the plane that’s nice and sharp is actually six inches behind where I told the camera to aim. I ain’t no raw amateur at macros, either, so I know it’s not just me, and I know I had it set to “macro.” The Cann S45 is a great, sturdy little camera, but it definitely balks at being told to take pictures of things less than two feet away. Which is a problem — who wants to see pictures of yarn taken from across the room?
July 1, 2006 at 5:50 am |
If I take a picture of yarn, my flash always washes out the colour. I’ve taken to covering it with a diffuser (read: kleenex). It’s pretty much the crappiest camera ever.
July 1, 2006 at 7:14 am |
You can still take pictures with a crappy camera!
The best tips I’ve learned are:
1. Never use flash, unless you can bounce the light off a wall or the ceiling. Never!
2. Use daylight! Put stuff near a window, it makes everything look better.
3. Zoom all the way out and you can get so close you’re practically knocking your subject over.
4. Know when to give up and crop.