Photography in the studio

I am doing a virtual Craft Fair to stand in for Colorscape Chenango in Norwich, NY. I put together Slide show with Video Editor in the Photos App on Windows 10. And a quick website using WIX. I have used WIX before to set up a site for my band and I will build a new site for both when I learn to speak WIX or find a site builder that is a little more intuitive.

For photos I use my Pixel Android phone. And I am thrilled with the capabilities of the camera. I use a $16.00 Cell telephone mount from Walmart that is designed to fit on a motorcycle/bicycle handle bar and it is on a microphone boom stand.(I have several)

I have used the white field photo studio as well as various back grounds. The white field utilized natural and LED light. I am not overly pleased wth the result but that is my lack of experience. The other photos used natural and LED light as well and my back grounds are a well used fire brick and my new favorite, a sheet of silica carbide wet dry sand paper, #320 but not finer than #1000 grit. The grit seems to absorb stray light sources and it diffuses shadows well. I find the silver needs vibrant but also contrasting background to avoid a too clinical appearance.

Good Luck with your project. Let me know how it comes along as mine is still well underway.

Don Meixner

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