Finally got some decent pictures!!

I have been struggling since the beginning of my Etsy Shop in February with my camera.  I've loved this thing since the day we bought it and thought I was getting pretty good at messing around with manual (thought I was hot stuff!).  That was until I started trying to take decent pics of my scarves for the shop.  Boy was I wrong!!  I put a call out to my Facebook buddies to help me out, got some great pointers, but still couldn't get it quite right.  Put the camera away (so I wouldn't toss it though the window if we're being honest), and said forget it and decided to use pics from my iPhone.

Well today I got bit by the bug again.  I crocheted five new scarves on vacation in MD and I am dying to get them listed.  The sun was out so I decided to find a pretty spot in my tiny backyard to take some pics... SUCCESS!  I know you aren't really supposed to use direct sunlight, but there was some cloud cover which made the first half of the pics come out great!  The second half have some shadows, but I am still really really happy with the outcome.

Here's one of my favorites of the day:

And of course, I had a photog assistant (Miss K) by the time my camera battery died.  Isn't she so cute?!  Growing like a weed, that one!

Well I'm off to go list some of my newest creations and update older listings with way better pics.  Hopefully business picks up soon.  I know it's getting warm down here, so scarves are a hard sell, but I just love making them so much!!

Virginia - Sunny Florida Mommy