taking pictures
It did get a bit brighter yesterday for picture taking but I still needed a little artificial enhancement so I invested a total of about 15 minutes and 8 bucks in putting together a sort of simple light box I found at Make. I used drafting velum instead of interfacing and I had one florescent bulb and one incandescent ( wish I had two florescent) which were clipped on either side. I would have shown you the clip lights ( which I already had) but that would have meant taking a wider shot and revealing some embarrassing disarray here in birdville.
Here are a couple bird portraits taken in the box:
This is the daily bird abra
and nan. She’ll be in the shop at one.
Pretty simple and it made the difference in being able to take at least acceptable pictures on a lousy day in a place where I’m already kind of light challenged particularly in the afternoon.
April 13th, 2007 at 10:51 am
oh the 2 in the light box are just so sweet looking. they seem to be shyly saying hello to us all.
April 13th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
that worked like a charm! nice job, and of course, the birdies are great.
April 13th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
I have admired your little creations for quite a while now. They all are just so sweet. The photos taken in your new light box are really wonderful! They have a professional feel to them. I’ll keep checking in, and admiring!
April 14th, 2007 at 3:34 am
Nice trick with the light box.
That’s really clever.
I think even I could manage that.
April 14th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Thanks for all the links! I’ve almost bought a “professional” version of this several times. Now I don’t have to.
April 15th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Wow, the DIY lightbox really worked well!
April 15th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
The birds are lovely. Thanks for sharing the info on the light box.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:10 am
First of all I must say that I love yor birds, they are very special, I like very much how you use the textiles and fabrics!
Thank you very very much for the Make link, I didn`t knew this site!!!!!