First off, no. This is not a joke post. I am not joking. Let’s all pretend it’s April 2nd and just keep moving along.
This week, I decided to do something that I *should* have done a long time ago - photography tutorials. You guys know how much I complain (you could just put a period there, but I’ll keep going) about how dark our apartment is. I submit pictures to other websites and my submissions are often rejected because of improper lighting. Well [raspberry noise and thumbs down]. Isn’t that just a giant kick in the balls.
I’ve looked up LOTS of tutorials, but most of them are kinda useless because they talk about camera settings and…my iPhone doesn’t have many (wink wink ha ha). I just basically put nicely lit photographs into the same column as a second toilet on my pro list for moving to a different apartment. But then I stumbled on a tutorial that could be truly useful to me (and you, but whatever about you guys) and that sent me on a path of tutorial searches. For you (meaning me).
DIY light reflector. This was the first one. I always see those lighted umbrella things and wonder how much they are. Or just one of those big metallicy things. Why I never thought of smoothing tin foil over a cookie sheet is beyond me. It’s brilliant in its simplicity.
iPhone photography tips. Remember, I don’t have a real camera and things like ISO are completely unknown to me. I’m no Ms. Fancy S. Pants. This has some great advice for people like me. People who aren’t fancy jerks. SHINE ON THAT!
DIY photo light box. This is a great idea if you’re shooting something that’s small. Especially if you’re selling something online. Who wants to buy something that looks like booty in the picture? No one, that’s who. And the sad thing is that I actually bought a light box a while ago. One I haven’t used because I haven’t needed to photograph something small. Not because I’m too lazy to get it out. The opposite of that.
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