Not Dead

Sorry guys! I haven't posted anything lately (obviously). Things are a little crazy and busy right now. But, if there is a tip you learned and would like to share with the rest of us, please e-mail me at sabrinaatwood@gmail.com. I will then set you up to be an author on this blog so you can put in some tips too. Also, I would love to see some scrapbook layouts. I think that falls in the category of "phototipster" (that's what most of us are taking these pictures for anyway right?). Plus, I need some motivation right now. MOTIVATE ME!!!

Lighting

Lately, I have really enjoyed using my lighting. That's right, I said it, I got some indoor lighting. I just don't have any good big windows to shoot pictures in my house so I'm always spending countless hours on Photoshop adjusting the lighting on ALL my pictures.

I was walking in the mall and walked past Ritz Camera. In the window, they had a display of 3 lights with 2 umbrellas. You just plug them in and leave them on. So you don't have to time them with your camera or anything and the umbrella's make the light softer. I really like them. They are from Smith Victor and I can't remember if it was $150 or $200 for the set of 3 with the umbrella's.

It has been so great to have them. If I do want to touch up the pictures, I can run a "batch" on photoshop and retouch them all at once because they all have the exact same lighting. I highly recommend them. You can also get a soft box later on or something of that nature if you want to go bigger.