Things I shot lately ;)

Most of you probably know about my new Canon t3i, I've been shooting up a storm...wow that doesn't sound right to someone that has to translate this!...Sorry, it just means that I have been taking a lot of pictures of practically anything that seem remotely interesting...and some things that aren't but that's the fun of taking pictures...you win some and you lose some.

The weather being so cold at this time, I just wanted to stay in the house to take pictures. The house is still under construction and everything isn't finished yet so I have limited things to take pictures of.
I'm not really uhmmmm how do I say this? I don't really have a lot of nice things. I guess I don't like spending  a lot of money on things or it's not a priority of mine I guess. I love a nice home, don't get me wrong and I love to see other peoples houses that are fine and fancy but I guess I just chose to spend what little money I have on other things...like fabric!!! wooohooo!!!  and sometimes musical instruments. I have a keyboard and a guitar a nice microphone.

Anyway, I had to do some practicing with all the different settings. I really like the depth of field setting on the camera, It is great!! I love it!!

So, here are some of the things I took while practicing with the camera techniques.

My bedroom clock, I like my clock

Can you see me? I was wearing a light aqua blouse

this is one of my feather earrings and my reading glasses so I can see!! lol

 a clothes pin, well that's interesting!! lol

 Some butterflies I cut out of paint swatches

 The bottom of my makeup mirror

 I put my buttons in a pretty jar

 Some more button's in a jar with a peacock feather!

 Now this is a dressform that I made with clay.....but it went and cracked on me when it dried (boohoo)
And the funny looking thing laying against it is a flower I made.

 I plan to make good use of these babies sometimes when I make a mosaic! I've always wanted to make something in a mosaic.

 This is the frame of a mirror I have. I bought it in Halifax at Home Sense and when I got it home...it was broken (boohoo) I could have cried...but then I thought I can always put another mirror in it or a nice picture..       I just love the focus on this and the great depth of field!!                                                                                                                                        

Here it is again with the focus on the other end






Always got to have some of these on hand. You never know when you can use them for something.

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One of my favorite books that gives me ideas of how to make different sewing patterns!! Love it!!
"Designing apparel through the flat pattern 6th edition" by Ernestine Kopp/Vittorina Rolfo/Beatrice Zelin/Lee Gross

My sewing stuff and glasses to see it! lol

My temporary draperies in the bedroom

Button's in a clear plastic bag
I love the way this turned out. I made it a bit over exposed and it made it look misty and soft.

My black hats

Put your flowers in a cute little bag...fake ones of course....

Supper!!!! LOL  Yummy pan fried haddock!!!

a glass of water!! Now we are getting interesting!!! lol

The television screen!!! Prison Break!!! Great show!!!

     Some of my bling and doll

     

Honey Melon snack drizzled with honey

I still saw some of this white stuff around today but I have hopes that spring weather is just around the corner!!

Tissue paper flower that I made

The hairpin flower that I made

Some of the fabric colors for my next jacket...hopefully starting it tomorrow.

Have a great evening everyone!!! Don't worry, be happy!!!

March update...what's up

Hi guys and gals, just a little update on what I have been doing lately. I am studying on taking movie shots, I may never film a movie but it's something that intrigues me. I watch movies now and I can barely concentrate on the story because I'm listening to what kind of music is played, did they use a close up shot, a medium shot or a long shot? Did they use a special camera effect or did they use a dolly? (a dolly is not a little girls doll but it is a gadget that's used to place your camera on so that you can have a smoother shot when moving your camera around. There are tons of different things to know, photography is only the first step and I'm still learning that one. It's basically how to tell a story with your pictures but moving pictures instead of still shots. I have to get the right lighting also which I don't have yet. I am basically using outside lighting right now and a reflector so my lighting isn't up to par.
Here are some things I'm doing as practice. I only have the lens on my Canon T3i that came
with the camera. 18-55mm. I believe I may need a wider lens to do these shots properly as I found we had to stand really close to each other to get it to look right in the picture. It looks like we are not that close but if he wasn't my husband it probably would feel a bit awkward lol

I've talked about videography so much now that I've got my husband interested too!! Yay me!!

It's a lot easier to do videos with two or more people!! Speaking of people, I'm amazed how many

people hate to have a video camera in their face or anywhere near them for that matter!!! They can get really hostile!!! I have to be careful....if you have that problem, don't ever dream of being a superstar or famous! lol 

Our friend Carl isn't hostile about it but he is very uncomfortable being on video for some reason, he specifically told me not to show the video anywhere BUT I could show his picture so here he is.

He's such a cool dude, with a great smile!!!

Here he was forging a piece of metal to make a bell hanger for his house, yes everyone who knows Carl, you will have to go ring his bell once it's up!!! lol

I think he was a little shy at his expertise at this and that might be why he wouldn't let me video him. I'm sure he was doing a fine job!!! I wouldn't know the difference lol

I went to a yard sale yesterday and I bought a few things. One thing I bought was a candle holder and candle. The glass on it was a yucky yellow orange color. Now I've seen on Pinterest that I can 

use, I believe it's glue and paint to make a transparent color, hopefully it will work. I'll show you some before and after pictures whenever I get it done. I'm hoping to do it for Easter. 

I've cut out some fabric for a couple of skirts, a jacket and capri pants so far although I haven't sewn them up yet. I'm hoping to get them done before spring gets here so I'll have something new to wear. I still have a lot of fabric left to use to make more clothes AND AND AND AND AND I'm probably going to go and get some more whenever I go back to the city!!!! LOL  

You fabraholic's you know what I'm talking about!!! hehehe  At least I'm using mine!! lol

I've made a little cardigan in a deep blue color you will see it as soon as I can take some pictures of it.

Actually come to think of it, I am in the process of making  a pair of blue printed capri pants in the same color blue as the cardigan SO I may wait until I finished those so I can take pictures as an outfit.

Well I thought I didn't have much to say and almost didn't write this but I guess I had more than I thought and if I really thought about it I probably could go on for a long time BUT I'll spare you! lol


OH by the way, I'm getting my hair done tomorrow!!! It's high time let me tell you...It's been months and months since I last did my hair and it's starting to show, there seems to be a few sparkly hairs in there and I can't have that, Christmas is gone by....So what color will I be???? We shall see when I get back!!!

Have an super-de-duper day!!! xox

P.S. Sorry if I have any spelling mistakes!