workin' while the sun shines, so to speak

One of the great perks of the Hubster's academic career is that week he has off between Christmas and New Year's. So while he's home I've been busy taking advantage of his increased presence in the household.

He made me this fabulous stand to assist me in taking better photos of my creations for the etsy shop.



It's a simple structure comprised of pvc pipes and fittings. Nothing is glued together as I wanted to be able to take it apart for easy storage between photo shoots. As you can see I use my kitchen table for shooting the photos. The kitchen is the brightest room in the house. There are two south facing windows, two north facing windows, and one west facing window in the room. Also, we have large overhead florescent lights to allow me to shoot photos even on cloudy days. It's an easy color correction in the editing process to compensate for the artificial light.

To create the backdrop I drape two yards of felt over the top and back of the frame. I picked up felt in white to be used for most of my work and also in a light grey to allow me to photograph white and ecru items.





Here's the latest work in progress -



Can you guess what he's destined to become?

And here are a few of the sculptures I've recently finished -





And here is what that last sculpture looked like before the new backdrop system was put in place -



I still have a long way to go in improving my photography, but with the simple equipment I'm using - an old Sony Cybershot point and click camera, basic florescent lighting, and simple backdrops - I'm able to get mostly clear photos to show my work.

So...that's what's been happening around the ole' homestead this week. What's going on at your place?