Photos

I am trying to hone my nearly nonexistant camera skills.  I’d like to blame the equipment, admittedly a cheap digital camera I bought while on a trip because I forgot to borrow one before I left, but I think the fault lies with the photographer.  I can never get the lighting right.  And when I use the flash the object ends up with a mug shot type of look. 

At first I thought I would just learn how to use Photoshop and manipulate my images.  But then I wondered at the integrity of that ~ "Here.  Look at my pretty things that I’ve artificially manipulated using the latest software."  So it was back to the camera.  I’m not a read the directions kind of girl.  I’d rather spend hours of frustration trying to work it out by trial and error.  I had, at some point, set the camera for super close up mode and everything was turning out blurry.  Once I got that sorted out things are improving.  Slightly.  I just need to work on my lighting issues. 

I would think most casual bloggers aren’t setting up light deflectors and studio lights.  How do they get their pictures to look so good and mine look like I took them with a disposible camera.

Close up of a Milagro Cross.  In retrospect I wish I had clipped off the rings on the charms.

I do slightly better outdoors.  Probably because the lighting is out of my hands.

I have to tell the back story on the vase. 

A few years back my sisters and I would always meet for lunch and shopping for our birthdays.  On one such outing I was talking with my sister Kate and we were anticipating what new treasures we would find.  I mentioned to her that YEARS ago I had seen a vase and a tea set in a decorating magazine that I just loved.  I’d been looking ever since but it must have been one of those one of a kind artisan treasures. 

Well we get to our shopping destination and walk into a decorating/accessories type of store and sitting right there on the shelf was this vase.  It was absolute serendipity.  I mean I had been keeping my eye out for years and the very day I mention it there it is.

I love a vase with attitude.