The Back Seat
I took a break from knitting this weekend to do some more spinning. Of course, the artsy shot doesn't show my progress, but I did some spinning, honest. I've got about half of the roving Leila gave me all spun up into a worsted yarn, which is thin, strong, and shiny. This is for lace, I'm thinking.
Burnt Orange posted an excellent entry on photography basics such as lighting, composition, and continuity that is worth reading. I've received my share of compliments (thank you) on photography so I'm putting together a post on composition and cropping that I hope will help. If you have specific questions on photography, let me know and I'll try to answer them when I do the post.
Knit One Read Too's discussion on Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mister Norrell is on. Do drop by, even if you haven't finished the book.
Reading: Some time ago Leisel recommended Dan Simmons' Hyperion series, but such is my luck at the library that the first 2 were checked out (*sigh*), so I borrowed his A Winter Haunting instead. Also, Anne Tyler's Ladder of Years, Indu Sundaresan's The Twentieth Wife, Virginia Woolf's Orlando, and Karen Quinn's The Ivy Chronicles. I'm halfway through the last one, which is total fluff reading. I'm feeling a little down and need something mindless right now...
Not sure I can say thank you enough - so thank you!
Hope the funk lifts soon - I'm right there with you.
Can't wait for the photography stuff - I seem to do everything by instinct - so any concrete direction is always good. I enjoyed Sandy's post as well.
Do you do any sort of digital processing on your photos after you've taken them? And if so, what do you do and how do you do it?
That is such a great picture! Once again of course.... I can't wait to see what all that spinning is producing! Happy spinning, knitting and reading!
Hey, thank you very much for the link! I appreciate it. ;)
that's really a cool photo. thanks for the link.
i love the color of that! I really like the smocking you did on the cute dress, i agree that St Stitch really sets off smocking and other fancier stitches.
Thanks for the nice comment about my sweater. I'd really recommend it-it was so quick and easy to turn out so pretty. I have a friend doing it in pink and another friend doing it in blue.