how to you get good pictures of your quilts?
#1
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My lighting is awful.. how do you get good pictures of your quilts?
Do you hang them on a wall? lay them of the floor, a table's height always distorts the shape.
any hints out there?
Do you hang them on a wall? lay them of the floor, a table's height always distorts the shape.
any hints out there?
#3
It has been super nasty here lately so I haven't been able to do it (hints the crappy pictures of late), but I normally tie a clothes line between the garage door supports and hang a quilt from there, or I throw it over my fence in the back, or over a couple lawn chairs, or I just make my husband hold it up outside.
#5
I still have an old-fashioned clothesline, so I use that.
BUT!!!! when I look out the window and see that there is no wind, hence good for taking a pic of the quilt, by the time I get outside with quilt and camera, the wind has picked up!! Never fails!!
BUT!!!! when I look out the window and see that there is no wind, hence good for taking a pic of the quilt, by the time I get outside with quilt and camera, the wind has picked up!! Never fails!!
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I hang them on the wall if they aren't too big. I tack them up to the wall with used sewing machine needles. I just hammer them in. I do it this way because when I pull the needles out there is barely a mark on the wall.
If the quilt is a bed size, I lay it out on my bed.
If the quilt is a bed size, I lay it out on my bed.
#8
I call the LQS's and see which one doesn't have a class.
They don't mind if I use their walls and hanging clips to put up my quilt. Their lighting is great and I can get a picture of the whole quilt easier. No shadows or folds.
The stores are glad to see the finished product and the shoppers just love to come and look.
ali
They don't mind if I use their walls and hanging clips to put up my quilt. Their lighting is great and I can get a picture of the whole quilt easier. No shadows or folds.
The stores are glad to see the finished product and the shoppers just love to come and look.
ali
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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I was thinking of starting a thread just for this!
My question is more as to how do you get the quilting to show up so well?
And too, I know some of it is the fault or skill of the photographer ... and the quality (or not!) of the camera!
My question is more as to how do you get the quilting to show up so well?
And too, I know some of it is the fault or skill of the photographer ... and the quality (or not!) of the camera!
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