...sewing. It's my other passion that i've had since i was young. So amidst my camera equipment you'll find yards of fabric, thread, ribbon, beads and 4 beautiful sewing machines. I haven't had much time for it lately but i looooove to sew - making one of a kind dresses and accessories for my little E. However....if you were to ask me to make a dress for myself i'd be completly lost (even with a pattern)!!
Adjusted white balance in the 1st photo(with a grey card!!!!), defog, sharpen, resized and added border.
This is what i call, 'My Beautiful Mess '.
M mode | ISO 800 SS 1/13| f5.0| external flash
M mode | ISO 800 SS 1/13| f5.0| external flash
Oh, I love the last photo, awesome perspective, great DOF, wonderful color!!! Great job, Love IT!!!!
Posted by: Sara D. (SaraBara on 2Peas) | January 10, 2007 at 12:01 AM
Love the colors, composition and AWESOME DOF!! You rock!!! I'll change my thing on blogger so you can post under annonymous, just make sure to add your name at the end of the post so I know it's from you :)
Posted by: Adrienne | January 10, 2007 at 12:18 AM
I love the second one, too! Not to be a broken record- but the DOF and colors are awesome! LOVE IT! And it is a beautiful mess!
Posted by: Andrea | January 10, 2007 at 01:04 AM
Very nice work - love the vibrancy of the colours and the composition, especially in #2. :)
Posted by: Becks | January 10, 2007 at 04:12 AM
I love the second one. It's cool that you could still see the thread in the background. Good job!
Posted by: Lacy | January 10, 2007 at 09:15 AM
This is very cool. I really love the second one. Great composition and cool fabrics. Off topic here, but I also have to say that I love your watermark. Is that a font you created or one you downloaded? I like it.
Posted by: Julie | January 10, 2007 at 09:52 AM
Very good shots. I love your compositionn on them. I love to sew too. I also love Amy Butler and Michael Miller Fabrics. I'm jealous of your sewing space, but I love your pictures.
Posted by: mom2girlies | January 10, 2007 at 10:24 AM
I just love these .. and your photo is awsome .. I just love the way you captured yourself!! Great idea .. the photo of the fabris is stunning ..
Great work!!
Posted by: Julie C Butler | January 10, 2007 at 10:43 AM
I love the second photo. Nice job with the DOF and the colors!
Posted by: amy | January 10, 2007 at 11:39 AM
Really great shots, I like the second one too.
Posted by: dar | January 10, 2007 at 11:44 AM
I REALLY like the 2nd photo-the colors and angle is great!
Posted by: Donna | January 10, 2007 at 12:56 PM
Love the colors and the fabric is gorgeous. I love to see what you'll make out of it.
Yvonne aka Baberry
Posted by: Yvonne | January 10, 2007 at 02:46 PM
Both photos are FANTASTIC...The colors really pop! Wanna come over and finish up my sewing project for me? I have about 10 started...augh
Posted by: cephotos | January 10, 2007 at 04:30 PM
These photos are wonderful! Love the colors!
Posted by: cari | January 10, 2007 at 04:41 PM
Wow, terrific shots, the bokeh, the colours! Tell me...where did you get your grey card? Do you feel it made a considerable difference from just shooting something white in the room and setting it to your Custom White Balance?
Posted by: Ingrid (catsmom) | January 10, 2007 at 06:13 PM
i like the second one..i am still learning the whole wb thing...
Posted by: jennifer | January 10, 2007 at 08:32 PM
ps...i LOVE your header...very nice
Posted by: jennifer | January 10, 2007 at 08:33 PM
Thanks for the comments everyone!!...i know...i love the colors too!!
Ingrid - i actually got the card as a present from dh (along with my strobes)!! nice,eh?!?!? now...too bad he doesn't know a thing about light meters!!...good thing it's a new year - that means another birthday is coming =). Anyhooo...I do love the grey card!!..i find it way easier - you still have to take a picture of it, but you don't have to go into your camera settings to set the WB before you start shooting. So much easier to do it post-processing.
julie - My dh does all our PC stuff and he actually created the watermark(???-is that what it's called??) for me (in PS!!). Don't know where all this stuff comes from but it's there!! hahaha!!
mom2girlies - OMG!!...sounds like you're a fabric junkie too!! lol!! Sewing space?!?! girl - that's the big mess in the corner of {{CRINGE}} our dining room!! 'The mess' moves from dining room to play room and back. Can you tell where our priorities are? Priorites=our kids & FOOD!!
Adrienne - i tried to post to your blog again last night but got the same restriction message(maybe i tried too soon(???) and you hadn't changed the settings yet). I'll head over to your blog later and try again.
Yvonne - i'd love to see what i make too!!...that's if i make something - i can never find any time for it anymore!! With this photo a day challenge, the only way i see myself taking out my sewing machines would be to take pictures of them!! lol!!
Posted by: --cherry (cherrypi) | January 10, 2007 at 09:51 PM
Love Love Love #2!! Awesome photo!!! Love your colors and clarity. Made me SMILE!!
Posted by: Monica | January 10, 2007 at 10:25 PM
Awesome colors and DOF! Love the angle you used for the fabric shot, very creative.
Posted by: Rebecca | January 10, 2007 at 10:30 PM
Great photo, I really like them.
Posted by: Yvette aka Smile_Please | January 10, 2007 at 10:52 PM
OMG! Absolutely love the second one...colors, composition, dof, focus! All of it!
Posted by: Mar | January 11, 2007 at 01:21 AM
You are mush like me..my passion is sewing too!!! I have been sewing since I was 17 and still love it..Your room looks a little more organized than mine :)..Love all your photos..Can you tell me a little more about your external flash? I want to purchase one..but not sure what to get..how is all works..ect. Thanks!
Posted by: tori | January 11, 2007 at 09:45 AM
mush should be much..sorry about the mispelling..had a toddler in my lap!
Posted by: tori | January 11, 2007 at 09:46 AM