Improving my Blogging Photography

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I’d like to think that I’m not a horrible photographer.  I’ve enjoyed the wonderful capabilities of my Nikon D70 since Frog was just over a year old.  That’s nearly a decade, and the camera has served me well.  I don’t think that MM and I would be together now if we didn’t both have D70s.  They are what caused us to click.

I’ve been trying to improve my photography of food and crafts.  It’s not quite the same type of photography as capturing a smiling kiddo or flowers blooming outside.  Scenic vista and cherubic children have been the primary subjects until I started this little blog.  It’s a new style of photography, and we live in a home with not a lot of natural light.  The family room is covered with knotty pine paneling, which darkens the room.  We have a yard surrounded by old oak, magnolia and hickory trees that provide lush shade, which can hinder good close-up shots.
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Quick Household Fix: Painting the Plates Red

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MM and I were working on a couple of projects this past weekend.  We’re actually still working on them, and they are the subject of other posts.  However, we had several cans of spray paint sitting out in the kitchen.  I have gotten rather enamored of the Rust-Oleum Gloss Regal Red, and was admiring the red coat hooks I painted earlier this year.   Directly above the hooks is a light switch, and I always grimace when I see it.  It seems dingy, and there is just so much knotty pine in our knotty pine family room and kitchen.  See what I mean:

Ligh Switch Cover Original

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Sequined Christmas Trees {Been There, Done That! Pinterest Project #1}

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While making a run to Hobby Lobby to buy a few foam wreaths (as wreaths are my current obsession), I saw those wonderful foam cones that make excellent miniature Christmas trees.   I bought 4 of them:  two were 6.25″ tall and two were 9.5″ tall. I’ve seen dozens of ideas on Pinterest and in blogs to turn foam cones into Christmas trees, but thought that these sequined trees at Sweet C’s Design were fun and would look cute in our family room.

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