One of my greatest challenges in running my Etsy store is capturing the clothing in just the right light. I want an interesting background, but everyone needs to be able to see the clothing clearly, and then the whole thing needs to translate into the tiny thumbnail that appears in the Search engine. I love the look of outdoors photos so much, and while I sometimes get the bug the set up a studio inside-- it would save so much time and energy!-- my artistic impulses always win out and I end up back au natural. Honestly it is all kind of an excuse to take "field trips".
I live in a particularly shady area, and my photos at home were getting darker and darker as the days shortened into December. For this last shoot, I headed down to the comparatively open river valley at Bridgeport. During the long summer days, I had at least three perfect hours of slanting, muted golden light in the evening-- so I was shocked to find that now I had only about a half hour of really good light and bright "open shade" in create to get a well-lit image. I realized that some of my pictures were going to have to work with the sun, instead of against it! Thus these experiments, some of which were just too busy or distracting to end up as the main item picture, but still I think they are enjoyable!
If anyone has any hot photography tips, I am listening! Meanwhile I will continue to play around with light.
Find all these pieces and more new this week in the shop.
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