Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts

Monday, 7 July 2014

Soooo I have been redoing my entire shop look

Soooo I have been redoing my entire shop look the past couple of weeks and I guess I was pretty pleased with my new style shots, bright, clean, clear and attractive and I thought it was how my look was going to be for the foreseeable future, well as it turns out so much for that. Browsing the gorgeous pinterest I came across a blog post by one of my favourite designers Sparow Salvage  all about product photography.


I was lost, I adore  the way she styles her shots, I love  her designs and the realism and practicality of her blog posts (  a comment about camera settings and the color purple is one of my standby remarks becuase mine is just the same).

A trip to the antiques center was required and with a little help from some lace doilies and my own stash of vintage poetry books, paper ephemera and a vintage photograph of my grandmother I set to work

I must say I'm pretty happy with the results. I've got a romantic and attractive look that  doesn't go too far into the  'bridal' and goes well with the rest of my shop.

So my old shots



and here are my new ones










Some of them need a little extra editing and lightening but I do like the general feel of them and I've been getting some good feedback from my Etsy team members so its all good to go with some tweaking and maybe some more layers in white and cream but I'm feeling confident that I'm on a good track

This is the original Sparrow Salvage post for you all to look at.Its a great post about  photography in general and getting a good 'feel' for your shop
http://sparrowsalvage.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/back-stage-with-sparrow-or-how-to-get_15.html


Thursday, 12 June 2014

New Photograph Style - Inspired by Snails

So I've been playing around with some new photo style the past couple of days. I'm also a little obsessed with snails at the moment due to the delightful silver trails that are left on the path overnight by their nocturnal wanderings.

Trying to combine the two I've started rolling up my scarves into little snail shape designs and shooting them from a low angle and I must say that I am  utterly delighted by the result. The finished images are cute, understated and bring out the texture of the muslin perfectly.

Turquoise blue hand dyed cotton muslin
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/192684562/blue-cotton-scarf-hand-dyed-turquoise?ref=pr_shop

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/192684562/blue-cotton-scarf-hand-dyed-turquoise?ref=pr_shop



Green and White ombre cotton muslin scarf
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/165219712/green-ombre-cotton-scarf-lightweight?ref=related-1

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/165219712/green-ombre-cotton-scarf-lightweight?ref=related-1

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/165219712/green-ombre-cotton-scarf-lightweight?ref=related-1

Looks like I'm not the only snail loving person around either

A4 Print of 'Snail' by Suzi Ovens on Etsy

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/115791928/a4-print-of-snail-by-suzi-ovens?ref=sr_gallery_29&ga_search_query=snails&ga_ship_to=GB&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery


The fabulous Mr Finch's take on the creatures

http://ohmisterfinch.tumblr.com/post/33296634921/textile-snail-sculptures-by-mister-finch


I'd love this in my bedroom.

Plush Yellow Snail Pillow by Laura Finch



Fairytale Snail Jewellery from my friend Laura
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/97590222/fairy-necklace-pink-fairy-cameo-faerie?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_query=snail&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_ship_to=GB&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery 



and last but no means one of the original creatures themselve.

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/fly-agaric 
Unfortunately I  am unable  to give credit to this last image so if you know who's it is or if its yours then drop me a line and I'll include info