Lately I have been potting up the bulbs that I have overwintered in the basement and thinking about the new gardening season. I am sure you are too. The gardening magazines coming in are full of beautiful gardens and they are inspiring me to think about what I am going to do in ours. This week I learned how to take photos using a white background to isolate the items I am taking photos of. A mini studio if you will. It consists of one of my dining room chairs holding the white bristol board and the items and me on my hands and knees behind the tripod with camera attached. The other lesson I learned was to incorporate a patterned piece of scanned scrapbooking paper onto the back of the photo. There are some beautiful papers out there and those of you who do scrapbooking know that. I am an amateur at all this.
I am joining Mary at DearLittleRedHouse for another session of Mosaic Monday. Join us won’t you. I hope that you have an inspiring week. Valerie.
19 comments:
Hi Val, Fabulous mosaic. Love the background. Have a wonderful week.
Great colours in your mosaic, love the print:)
That is a lovely background and it really does add that something special to this mosaic. Roll on spring!
Getting excited about the warmer days and looking forward to a bounty of flowers and veggies as I enjoy your lovely mosaic!
Thank you for those tips - they really make a difference.
What a pretty mosaic! It could be printed and framed! ♥
Pretty soon, Valerie!
Gardening is on everyone's mind for sure! Great mosaic, lovey background!!
Love your photo's you choose for your mosaic, and I agree I am ready for spring and having fun looking through all my books and magazines!
This mosaic brings to my mind the happy thoughts of spring. I cannot wait for it to get here. Soon I will be out in the barn trying to find all of my tools and pots so I can get started planting. Your photos are lovely. Happy MM.
Love this post! Looks like you are all ready to garden!
Love your mosaic! The background looks lovely against such gorgeous shots! Can't wait for the spring blooms and color!
Lovely mosaic and post. I've got gardening on my mind these days! ~ Sarah
Thanks for sharing the photography tips. I'm always looking for ways to improve my photos.
Flowers and gardening are on a lot of minds these days. We're all impatient for spring.
Your mosaic is great - full of hope and dreams of sunshine and gardening!
Very pretty mosaic - you did good. :)
The snow pictures were taken in Jan. and Feb., and I hope we don't get anymore this Winter.
Beautiful and colorful mosaic.
Garden catalogs are great inspiration, as are the garden shows that are held about this time of year. I need some more lily bulbs.
It is great fun learning new things. You can also try different coloured card for the backgrounds instead of the white - depending on the item you are photographing. Also a piece of white card acts as a good reflector if you want to put more light on the object. Have fun!
And thanks for coming to my blog and for your comments.
Have a great week.
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