Showing posts with label product photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label product photography. Show all posts

Saturday, 1 March 2014

Using Photography To Create A Record of Your Creations


'Ladybird Mug Cosy'
Project 1
Zoë Bull 


It's really great to see a project being made. 
What we look for in life is immediate results. There were immediate results crowding my mind as I was  working on my project and then getting the 'perfect' picture created and then edited. What we really should be grateful of is the journey. The time spent in the studio, getting the lights right and experimenting, and learning how things work if they go wrong. We all just seem to want to rush and then when we have got there…it's on to a new adventure. 

I like to make records of things. I also like to make things, and when I make things, they get separated from other projects and put behind cupboard doors and in storage. I decided that with all the things that I am starting to knit,  that I didn't want them to be separated. Some knits may be gifts, some may get lost. However, it's a good thing I like capturing things through photographs, and it is a great way to record things. 

With this photo book project, I'm going to combine my two creative loves and encase all my knitting projects in a photographic print form that will make think, 'Wow! I made that! I took that too!''

And this was what I was talking about in my first post of this year, doing the things that you love to do. Better more, not only do I combine two of my creative interests, I get to enjoy writing about them too. 



'Ladybird Mug Cosy'
Project 1
Zoë Bull 



  • Project 1 out of 30
  • A personal project where I create 30 knits of my choice 
  • Build up my product photography and still life skills 
  • Get creative
  • And do something I enjoy doing




Sources

Mug Cosy pattern from Cute & Easy Knitting - Fiona Gable 
 


Sunday, 26 January 2014

Watches and Inanimate Objects Through Time

Watch (2009)
By Zoë Bull 
'Rainbow Watch'
Zoë Bull


I have always enjoyed still life. Before I had any people to photograph, inanimate objects were my sitters and it would often be a snap. As I have grown as a photographer, my snaps have turned into conscious decisions and experiments of position and now introducing lighting.

I wish I had known sooner that artificial lighting wasn't scary. I would only rely on natural light and would be sure that I could work something out to make my images look fantastic. It doesn't mean to say that some pictures don't look great, the sun can be a powerful tool. 'Frosty Leaf' from my last post was entirely natural light. It would look a bit strange if it was on a white background but then it is all about the purpose.

I am in the progress of creating a still life personal portfolio. I enjoy knitting and working in the studio with a photography table gives me a great opportunities to photograph my creations and collect them into a book one day.

The first project is almost at it's completion. I am very exciting and will be posting it on In My Depth of Field and my Flickr page so you can watch it's journey as it goes along.

For now, I have been doing some practice and quite interested in getting into product photography for catalogues and websites. None of the these products are for sale directly from me as I have found them round my house, but you will get the idea.


'Lego Desk-Tidy Man'
By Zoë Bull 



Artist's Wooden Man
By Zoë Bull 


Gispy Moth & Postcards And Suntan Cream
Books By Jean Bull
http://jeanbullswritingblog.blogspot.co.uk 
Zoë Bull