I am photography-retarded. I can’t take good pictures, no matter how hard I try. I find this to be really funny, because my mom is a professional photographer. I really need some help, because I have some really nice projects on the needles (really, they look awesome!), and I wanted to take some UFO pics, but this seriously isn’t working for me. I use a Kodak EasyShare C530 digital camera – does anyone have any suggestions, tips, anything? I have no idea how some people get such great pictures of their knits, but I really need to find out how to do it. This has been bothering me all day, so I figured it couldn’t hurt to blog about it. That, and the fact that my boyfriend is out of town all weekend. Boo :( But really, anything that anyone can point me toward would be greatly appreciated – I know nothing about lighting, angles, detail, nothing. Zip. Nada. Please and thank you!
Posted by: Pup | October 11, 2008
I don’t know if the pictures of my knits are all that great, but I get where you are coming from. First off, what do you consider good pictures of knits? Beautifully modeled pictures or just clear crisp “I know what that is” pictures.
If you post some of your “bad” pictures I could easily tell you what you aren’t doing and what you could do better :D
I’m no professional, but I’m getting there. At least with my wildlife photography :D
By: Preita on October 12, 2008
at 1:04 am
Judging from your Fetching pictures, you seem to have a good idea of what makes an interesting picture, at the very least. The lighting was good and you could definitely see enough of the object to know what it is. I think the main two elements to taking good FO photos are a) use natural sunlight– everything looks better and clearer in sunlight and b) use action shots, of the FO in use.
If you’re talking about those artsy photos that zoom in on the stitch pattern at an angle so they fade off into fuzziness.. those are nice, but aren’t very helpful. Only when you’re showing off a particular lace or cable detail are those good.
By: Shae on October 26, 2008
at 10:49 pm
Natural light but not direct sunlight and if the light is perpendicular not parallel to the subject it helps. And if you want close ups of the stitches, learn about the macro button on your camera. It’s the little button that looks like a tulip, and you can get about 4 inches away with it. But your Fetching pictures were really different, I liked them a lot.
By: Susan on October 27, 2008
at 4:05 pm