Its that time of the year that if I want to be part of some summer festivals, the applications are out. That means time to take good photos and update the Etsy site. I have none of the professional gear because honestly, cameras are not my medium. Never fear! I have a friend that has a table top studio & was willing to let me try it out. I brought by three pieces with different difficulties in photographing & they turned out marvelously.
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| Electric Bunny fascinator was chosen because of the metallic highlights. |
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| The black mini tricorn was chosen because black on gun metal burn-out velvet is hard to photograph. |
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| I made this the night before just to see how detailed we could get with sinamay, crinoline & tulle. |
With the photos taken, I was able to upload the images to Dropbox for my classes and submit examples to a convention. Job done.
Now about the frustration that is construction. A days work was destroyed by the last screw going into a girder beam split it right down the middle. I called it a day.
Other than that, my board exam is next week on St. Patty's Day! My pedometer hasn't moved a step since I was able to download the Architect's Handbook for Professional Practice off Overdrive. Taking that large of a book & reading it off of a tablet is torture! I had plans to read four chapters one day, then after reading 100 pages out of a chapter I check to see how many pages in that chapter...260! I am getting various options for determining project costs and project deliveries refreshed in my head but the sheer volume of reading...plus the Schiff-Hardin lectures are 3 hrs per sitting. I was going to do just 4 hours of studying a day- that is turning into 8. Man I hope this all sticks!
I might not be writing next week if all I do is study....wish me luck!