Happy Wednesday!
I was helping my mom take a photo for her new iPad magazine, called JustJewIt. She wanted a photo of a book of Tehillim, but couldn’t find any online that were decent and that she could purchase. She then had the brilliant idea of asking me to take a few photographs for her! The thing was, it was already about 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. which meant the lighting would be horrible… or at best, really hard to work with. So we went on a quest to get the perfect lighting, pose, and backdrop for this beautiful new Tehillim I had just bought her as an I-love-you gift. We managed to put together a “studio” that consisted of a white Shabbat tablecloth as a backdrop, a huge desk lamp for lighting, and my little camera and me as the photographer and tools. My mom was really happy with the result, and published it in her magazine!
This experience was almost like an experiment for me. I’d never really set up a mini-studio at home, mainly because I thought it would take too much time, or the result wouldn’t be as good if the lighting was artificial and not natural. (I’m a steadfast nature photographer, and I still hold fast to the theory that natural light is better.) After I played around with the lighting settings on my favorite editing website Picmonkey.com and added a few effects (one being light streaks), I saw that artificial light isn’t so bad after all.
My little experiment also taught me a lesson in life, as well as photography. It just goes to show that when you start to give your brain a creative workout, you can really produce things you didn’t think would ever occur in the beginning. It was pretty cool to work with something Jewish, and that it was being published!
Have a good rest of the week, readers, and a good Shabbos, and see you next time with some new photos!
-Sarah
Nice picture! I don’t have an iPad (me cavewoman who use laptop and sometimes *gasp!!* a paper and pencil) but I should check out that magazine. Just Jewit is an awesome name! :D
Awesome job with the studio!! The photo AND the lighting came out PERFECT! I’m gonna check out the the magazine. I love the name!!
i love the picture
BH
Love the pic. So cool!
Thanks! And if youre interested in seeing the magazine, heres her website: http://justjewitmagazine.com/
Thanks! The original photo isn’t as nice, as I played around with the lighting, contrast, saturation, and temperature a bit.
Heres a link to her website by the way: http://justjewitmagazine.com/
Well, hey, Shoshana, I don’t even have my own computer! I share one with my siblings! :D
Thanks!
:)
well, i share w/ my whole fam-including parents- and the only person in my fam to have a smart phone is my dad-no1 has a cell (i want one!) besides my mom and dad, and i have an mp3-but thats it. but, im the oldest, so…
sorry 4 boring u! :)
I type all my articles and stories, because it’s more legible. And anyway, I need to put them on the computer to edit and post, so nu, might as well start there. Saves time. But I also love taking notes with plain oldfashioned biro.
I second your comment- that name is so cool!