As many of you will have noticed, my photography for this blog is not the best! It could be an awful lot better, and I don’t want to put up photos of my new yarns looking less than perfect. Today I’ve been having a look to see what other people suggest, as I have been thinking about putting this mini photography studio on my Christmas list! Click here for link…
I found some blogs that talk about photographing yarn, how to get the best from your camera and how to display your yarn for a commercial environment.
The blogs are listed below, they make for interesting reading…
http://www.enneacollective.com/?p=1349
http://www.pixiepurls.com/2011/07/04/photography-for-knitters-part-4-photographing-yarn/
I found the way Pixie Purls shows how the same yarn photographs using different coloured backgrounds very interesting, and this is definitely something to bare in mind when taking pictures of your handspuns.
I then started looking around at the way other fibre artists capture their makes, and saw many clever ideas. Some people place their yarn on a large stone or wooden surface, something that will echo the natural fibres they’ve used., whilst others go down the same route that I’ve been looking into with a white or black (depending on the colour of the yarn) background. What I found was that while a plain background lets the photo be all about the yarn, I prefer the look of the more unusual backgrounds. I also realised (and this may be for a good reason, please let me know if this sounds silly!) that I hadn’t seen a knitted background. It would have to be a plain colour, but I could knit up a white ‘sheet’ to place my yarn on which would have the clean look of a photography box shot as well as the natural elements I love. As I said, there may be a good reason I didn’t come across any images using this idea, but I can’t seem to think of one! That being said, I think I have gone off the idea of a photography studio for Christmas, I will be making my own!
On a slight tangent, but still very much fibre related, I found a blog by a lady who produces some beautiful hand spun yarn which I wanted to share with you. Her blog is folktalefibers.blogspot.co.uk Below is a photo of one of her creations which I hope she doesn’t mind me sharing with you! If you have a few hours to kill (and yes, I did actually spend a good few hours reading all of her posts and drooling over her inspirational yarns) then I highly suggest having a look at her blog. There are also a few images of cute little baby goats in hand knitted jumpers!
I am finishing off another single tonight from some batts I made up to ply with the falkland I did a few weeks ago. As always, photos to follow! x
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