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Post by lyn on Sept 16, 2019 6:58:35 GMT
With the darker months looming I decided to buy a couple of photography soft boxes (lights) on tripods to place either side of my working table to try to ease the pain of getting decent photos.
The lights are lovely but my room is now unusable for anything else while they are in place - it's like having two baby giraffes in the room! I didn't realise they would take up so much space.
One blocks the doorway and the other blocks a wall unit but I can't move the work table anywhere else .. there isn't anywhere else.
My problem is that it took ages to get the positioning right so if I pack them away I then have to start over again with so many adjustments - tripod spread, pole height, angle of softbox, distance from table .....
I can remember the days when I had to felt, sew etc in the kitchen or on the dining table and I dreamed of having a whole room to myself.
I am lucky enough to now have a room but I find myself dreaming of having a bigger one...
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 16, 2019 20:16:19 GMT
Can you take pictures of the setup or mark the floor with tape so it would be easier to set up each time? Just an idea.
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Post by lyn on Sept 16, 2019 20:55:29 GMT
Good idea Marilyn - I'll take a photo then mark measurements and other helpful stuff on it.
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 16, 2019 21:45:53 GMT
I understand the issue Lyn. I have a set up for photography but as you say, that leaves no room for anything else. For a while I used the spare bedroom (not my studio room) for photographs but then we had company visit. So I had to take it all down. Plus, if you want in process shots, that doesn't really help. I keep thinking I will set up the dining room as photo studio as we don't use it much. But I'm sure we would have a dinner party scheduled the minute I got it all set up  |
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Post by Antje on Sept 17, 2019 6:52:26 GMT
I'm glad I’m not alone re - space.
Lyn, as Marilyn said mark everything including your tripods....nail varnish works very well as tape can get sticky or prevent closing.
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Post by lyn on Sept 17, 2019 10:23:57 GMT
Thank you Antje. Interesting thing I found. I tested the set-up using a variety of objects in a 'flat lay' style: ruler, fluffy pen, book, scissors, my hand etc.
The solid objects look fantastic - true colours and sharp.
Then I compared that photo to the felt trials .... ain't felt hard to capture on film?
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 17, 2019 16:33:37 GMT
Good idea Marilyn - I'll take a photo then mark measurements and other helpful stuff on it. I hope it works for you! Good luck! |
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 17, 2019 23:34:31 GMT
Fibre can be Very frustrating to photograph. I have a really low ceiling and terrible light angles and shadows.
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Post by pamster on Sept 20, 2019 8:26:07 GMT
Good luck with it Lyn, it's lucky you have patience and a sense of humour I'm not going to worry about my lack of photographic success until I have achieved more felting success. |
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Post by lyn on Sept 20, 2019 9:37:00 GMT
Good luck with it Lyn, it's lucky you have patience and a sense of humour I'm not going to worry about my lack of photographic success until I have achieved more felting success. Thank you Pamster. I wish I'd taken more photos (whatever the quality of the image may have been) in my early days of felting as I have very little record of that time and I regret that. The lights are great for giving light and true colour but they cannot compare to good daylight. Felt photographed under artificial lights appears a bit 'flat' but I'll live with that because in England you rarely have good daylight at the same time as you want to take a photo! |
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 20, 2019 17:09:55 GMT
It's funny I forget how far north England is. Your climate is milder than ours here in central Canada and so I think of it being more south. You get a lot darker than we do in the winter.
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Post by lyn on Sept 20, 2019 17:29:56 GMT
It's funny I forget how far north England is. Your climate is milder than ours here in central Canada and so I think of it being more south. You get a lot darker than we do in the winter. It's also the unpredictability of the weather, even in summer, that is frustrating for photography. |
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Post by pamster on Sept 22, 2019 22:28:43 GMT
Great advice, thanks Lyn.
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