Photography Tips

#photography_tips

🔻DISCLAIMER: This post is meant for the newbie crafters JUST TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT (I’m not a pro photographer, neither I’m in anyway related with photography other than taking a few pictures of my creations 😅)
I know a lot of you might already know about this better than me but I thought writing about it might help a few people out there.

⚫️DAYLIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY:
To understand the difference of the quality of the pictures, I would request you to take pictures both at night and during day time & compare it yourself! You’ll be amazed by how much daylight photography can portray the real beauty of your creations!

⚫️BACKGROUND: When you are taking flatlay pictures of your product, all you need to do is take a base of contrasting color. But if you want to take an upright photo, you need a contrasting background and a contrasting base.
I mostly like using white fabric as my backdrop, as I mostly like using bright colors for my craftwork. And I use a wooden printed paper as my base.
These contrasting background color helps to pop up the real color of the product.

⚫️PROPS: Adding props for every photoshoot is not mandatory.
I mostly add those colorful gems as my prop as it’s my job to highlight that product. But other than that you can use some light colored florals, leaves,crystals or the used supplies for that project as the props.

⚫️EDITING: I use “PS Express” to edit my photos.
I crop it to the correct size, increase the exposure, whiteness,vibrancy and saturation.
Editing helps to get more of a professional looking picture.
And if you didn’t know, editing pictures is highly encouraged by any and every design team.

So here’s my ‘very easy to follow’ simple photography tips for you today. Hope you guys will find these helpful and implement these on your own work.

P.s- I’ve attached the pictures of my own photography and the arrangement before the photoshoot 🤣(4th photo) (just so that you all can understand it better)
Thank you if you read the whole thing ❤️

                                                      Wider photo for youtube thumbnail

                                                      Arrangement before photoshoot

                                                            Simple closeup photo

Flatlay picture 

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   And don’t forget to keep craftivating your dreams! ❤️

Fall Themed Mixed Media Canvas

Hello Craftivators!

Today I’m back to inspire you guys with another mixed media project ( thankfully which isn’t blue, lol!). I tried to work with my favorite fall colors in this project and just love how it turned out out!

Some of the close up pictures-

Used supplies:

1. 6/6 inches canvas
2. Golden gesso
3. Camel texture white
4. Ranger by Tim Holtz Distress Ink
5. The Robin’s Nest Dewdrops
6. Chipboard cutouts
7. Foam flowers
8. Fabric  Flowers
9. Paper flowers
10. Distress spray stain
11. Glass vial
12. Clay key
13. Stencil
14. Sequins

Hope you guys will find this inspiring and try this out yourself!

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Hand-Drawn Watercolored Card

Hello Craftivators!

Today I’ll be sharing with you a simple yet elegant watercolored card.

Steps:

1. At first I randomly drew some flowers on watercolor paper.

2. Then I colored the background with a light wash of blue paint and started coloring the flowers.

3. I then added some details with a darker shade.

4. Splattered some blue ink, outlined the flowers and the leaves with a mixture of silver pigment powder & glue and then added a sentiment.

5. Then adhered the watercolored card panel over a slightly bigger card base.

6. Last but not the least, added some royal blue ‘The Robin’s Nest’ dewdrops!

Used Robin’s Nest Products:
1. Royal-Blue-Dew-Drops

Closeup pictures:

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Mixed Media Altered Cake Tray

Hello Craftivators!

Today I’ll be sharing with you the video tutorial of my “Mixed Media Altered Cake Tray”. As blue is my favorite color, I love using it more in my projects.Through my projects I want people to learn how to turn even the most minute, random or unattractive piece of scrap/ household product/ junk into an attractive piece of art.

I want to help others find art in everything they see or find in their everyday lives and let people know that art lies within us, our way of thinking and our way of seeing.

To watch my YouTube video tutorial, please CLICK HERE .

Here are some close up pictures!

Used Dewdrops:

1.Pool-Dew-Drops

2.Royal-Blue-Dew-Drops

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Scrapbook Layout Idea

Hello Craftivators!

Today is a bit different as I won’t be sharing any tutorial or step by step process pictures.
I’ll only be sharing the process in words and the complete picture of the layout.

Step by step process:

1. I started working on a 7/7 inches scrapbook page.

2. I sprayed the page lightly with water and added a couple of drops of violet and pink ink here and there and let it dry.

3. Then I stamped some of the spaces with jet black archival ink.

4. I had pre cut and watercolored flowers in my stash and I’ve also die-cutted some leaves, arrow, heart and random shape to go with the layout.

5. I adhered everything on the page with alcohol based uhu glue.

6. For the picture, I chose one of my childhood pictures and matted the picture with a purple cardstock.

7. Finally embellished the page with some Robin’s Nest dewdrops. And the layout is done!

Hope you guys liked the layout!

Thanks for visiting my blog. Hope you guys liked the card. To see more of my work, you can follow  me on Instagram and subscribe to my channel YouTube channel- Craftivation 

And visit The Robin’s Nest Blog- Chattering Robins

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Pink Floral ATC

Hello crafty friends!

Today I’ve come up with a simple yet beautiful technique to use dew drops even on small projects.
I’ll be using dewdrops on atcs ( artist trading cards).

Step by step process:

1. I took a 2.5/3.5 inches playing card and covered it with a while tissue paper.

2. Then I applied a layer of gesso over it.

3. I added a piece of gauze over it.

4. Sprayed some ‘picked raspberry’ distress spray stain.

5. Added a fabric flower on top and some sea green mirror paper leaves.

6. Added three pink dewdrops to create a visual triangle.

7. Finally added a quote, “ Live love laugh”.

Hope you guys will like this simple style of creating mixed media atcs.

                                          Links to The Robin’s Nest dewdrops:

                                               1. Neon-Pink-Mini-Dew-Drops

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