Photography Tips from the Top

I've dressed up my blog in some lovely greens - so now I'm a bit inspired to post.

I spent a long day trying to make a lightbox for my photographs, without spending any money at all.

This means I spent the good part of the morning and afternoon running around with tape and white paper and sticking them in various configurations inside a large box. Then I manically cut a hole in a large white dishcloth, arranged that over the open top of the box, and began peering through the hole at some beads to see what they looked like. All this I did whilst plumbers were walking back and forth past my window.


I'm not sure if it was this sight that was the trouble, but I think the littlest one is scared of me now. He tends to back away from the door when he sees I'm the one answering it.

But the good thing is; thanks to some photo advice and my 'lightbox', I can now take photographs where a). beads can actually be seen and b). you don't get blinded by random glare.

Oh, and because I don't have a tripod, I poked two mandrels through either side of my lightbox (so they're like a cattlegrid, with room for the lens to poke through), and rested my camera on them, then used the self-timer to set the photos and replace the dishcloth.

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I is resourceful and frugal