A beginner’s guide to good photos for selling products online or documenting projects
I recently took a class at Quelab on product photography. I’m going to share the general process and a few of the cool tips I picked up. This is gong to be a beginner level overview of the process to give you an idea of how it works. If it’s something you’re looking to learn, […]
Making a kid’s step stool/table- with pictures, lots and lots of pictures!
I recently made this kid’s step stool for toddler B. (Plus it folds into a table!) In this post I’ll share my process and steps. After joining Quelab, I knew I wanted to come up with something to make in the wood shop there. They require training on any of the equipment that is potentially […]
Making my own pinhole camera
When I was a kid, I remember making a pinhole camera out of an oatmeal canister. The ‘film’ was half a sheet of photo paper- torn, not cut and my picture was of a tractor. So when making pinhole cameras was mentioned at the recent photography class I took at Quelab, oatmeal came to mind. […]
Making my own canvas prints from start to finish
About two years ago, I ordered a series of canvas prints from a place online. It felt like however they made them must have involved a bit of magic. How do they frame them all nice and how do they get the photo on the canvas anyway? I didn’t really think over much about the […]
Community involvement
It’s great to vote, but election day is just one day of the year. Not to be jaded… OK, maybe being just a little bit jaded – our votes don’t really count that much. How many races are likely to be won or lost by my one vote? Zero. That’s not to say that I […]