Ah, so shortening the bodice on the Eden dress resolved the problem? It looks much better :)
I love your kitchen window sill, perfect light and place for photographs. Many of my pictures are taken in the kitchen which has little natural light. I prefer "natural" (interpret as you wish) pictures, almost like notes, as if you (me) are at a friend's house and being invited to look at the latest project without (too) much regard for fruit bowls, toasters, coffee and potplants. If I were there physically, I would be filtering out any stray items (in my mind) and focusing on the main thing - dress, fitting, seam - I like a similar thing on posts. I do admire, though, the beautiful photographs created by people like @marblely and @jluvs2fly and @erikah and so many other skillful people in the needleworkmonday community.
I hope you are at your sewing now :)
I try to take my photos outside. But I, too, take photos in front of a window - I have a table for folding my clothes in my bedroom. My photos with dark background were taken there.
Uhhh a dark room 🤣 The dark side of crafting... sorry, I had a lot of coffee...
Thank you @shanibeer :) I give credit to my phone. Without it, I would’t be able to get those shots at odd angles 😅
I say thank you too (to your phone :-D) as I love your wonderful tutorials. Your photos are so good and clear!!!
Wow, thank you ro mentioning me, it's a pleasure to see my name here, although I'm always in a hurry and only using my smartphone. :)
No, sadly the shortening was the answer to another problem :-DDD I forgot to shorten my paper pattern and I again made the bodice of the dress much too long. The fit of the bust area is now a bit better because of the neckband... I guess I will write about this tomorrow (if head is ok... I had a week of headache 😱🤢🤮😱)
And I love to hear feedback on photos and polishing, as I myself am so torn: Intellectually I love more informal “authentic” photos but I very often catch myself that I subconsciously prefer more polished photos for example when deciding on patterns on Ravelry. The photoshopped and styled professional photo aesthetic seems to be ingrained in my taste - and I do not like this.
I also love the cordial and honest exchange in our community, especially as we all cannot see so many other people because of covid.
Currently my mind is again running around the idea of sewing a collection (Emily Hallman’s blog made me think again), but I have such a wild mixture of (scrap) fabrics and crazy yarn... But the biggest problem is me being lazy (or impatient or ... English towards are missing) I too often sew when inspiration hits (or knit simply to relax) so I the concept of an collection is super interesting (to make dressing easier for me) but also hard work, because of planning etc.
Oh sorry,... I seem to be unable to answer short.
Now I will leave the tablet and walk to the garden as the neighbors will gift us water from their tank (its so dry here)
I hope you are well and had a wonderful weekend 🌈