Overcoming Little Dilemmas for Blog Pictures

My work table is in front of a window, which gives a nice bright light for working, however the placement causes all pictures to be back lit and dark. So for photo sessions, I close the curtains and turn on my work light which casts a bright reflections; usually on the ruler. Then I adjust positioning of the project, ruler and lamp to minimize the affect. And since the work table is the right height for cutting it’s too high for good pictures, so I bring in a dining room chair to stand on so I can look down on my subject for the picture. I regret that the project isn't nicely squares to the edge of the picture in the tutorials. Perhaps I should put everything on the floor. I used to be a photographer for my college yearbook, but I’m not a pro. I take the best snapshots for you that I can and then I tweak them - lighten, sharpen, crop, label.

Back lit even though the curtains are closed, cropped

Lighting tweaked, cropped

If I want to write a post or a tutorial on something I am not currently working on, I rummage through my fabric, threads, notions, tools for what I need. For the Binding Tutorial pictures my favorite rotary cutter was at work, so I dug out my old fav and put a nice fresh blade in it. 

Taking a series of illustrative pictures is a very slow process. Do one or if you're lucky two things, stop, take a picture, do one more thing, stop, picture time...repeat...repeat. 

Every little phase of creating a tutorial is time consuming. 

I really do hope that when you read a blog with articles and illustrations that you feel is well done and helpful, that you will take the time to encourage the writer by leaving a comment. Sometimes bloggers feel as though they are talking to a vacuum  where no one listens, no one cares, no one is helped along their personal path because of what they read in the writers blog.

My Two Cents,

Shilo