About five months ago I got a bug that I could take photos of creative still life and sell them as stock photography. Unfortunately, I didn’t get far at the time. I bought a small light box with two lights, a few dozen props, and $30 worth of slotted storage containers. Thats. About. It. (I blame my new boyfriend for distracting me.)
This morning I turned on the Home Shopping Network while I did my hair. Today’s Special is the Fuji FinePix S1000fd Digital Camera. This thing is sah-weet! It features 10 megapixel resolution, 12x optical zoom, 2 centimeter macro range, in-camera panorama mode, max ISO of 3200, uses xD or SD or SDHC cards, and manual or automatic settings for a variety of technical things I’m still learning about. Shutter speed can be set from 1/2000 to 8 seconds, so I’m excited to try those awesome waterfall shots.
Since it’s snowing and I can’t do my landscaping, woodworking, or painting projects, this afternoon I attempted to build a new, bigger light box out of PVC pipe. It didn’t work as planned…so I tried a sheet. That wasn’t cutting it either. Not to be outdone, I went out and bought a bright white roller window shade and tacked it to my office wall. Muuuuch better! I think I’m getting the hang of this lighting and staging thing.
Right now I’m uploading photos to Flickr. They should be ready to view in the morning!
