KyKat

Do you hang them on a wall? Put them on a bed? the floor? Have someone hold them? Inside? Outside? All of my pictures make my quilts look . . . slanted or something. The lighting is not good. All of your pictures look so good, I'm doing something wrong. Tips? Thanks.

donnajean

With me it's finding the right time of day with natural lighting being best. For the large ones, I drape them over sofa - otherwise, you have to stand back to far to get a good picture.

LeslieFrost

There was a topic about this once, not that I could find it again. I do remember that outside was the best place, for the light.

I have had some luck with using spring type pants hangars to grip the top edge, then hanging those on the top rim of a tall bookcase we have -- of course that's inside. I suppose I could use the tall fence at the edge of the deck as well.

But remember that all of us here just want to see the pics with good light and good colors -- slanting or twisting doesn't matter -- we are not the quilt police!

jljack

I pin them up to my design wall and turn all the lights on in the sewing room. If the quilt is really large it can be difficult to take the picture, but generally I can get a good one.

I don't have any space outside to take a picture.

JJean

My best photos where taken outside on a bright day. It's too dark and wet many days. I live in the Pacific Northwest. I hope to take pictures this summer. (Not today though.)

pocoellie

I must have the same problem, very few of my pictures are very good, although they are better than what they used to be, but that was because of a better camera.

PaperPrincess

If you can get a shot with the quilt vertical, like on a wall it seems to come out a bit better than laying on something. The problem is if you don't have a large enough design wall, you have to get some one or some ones ;-) to hold it. better to get a picture of it on a bed than none at all!!

ghostrider

This is an excellent reference site for photographing quilts...written for quilters, not photographers...by a quilter. http://www.hollyknott.com/stq/index.htm

mhansen6

I let my husband do it. He is the photographer of the family.

Jannie

Ask my hubby. His pictures always turn out way better than mine!!