Sorry for the short notice. I’ve been too annoyed to keep everyone posted on the Etsy front. I intended to do this yesterday, but the photos didn’t turn out because, long story short, daylight savings happened. Why oh why can’t we just leave well enough alone? It’s a known fact that daylight savings (on the spring forward, particularly) gives people heart attacks and causes a myriad of other slightly less alarming health problems.
Onto the good stuff: click HERE to get to my shop, or the thumbnails below for each item.
Leafy Goofballs:
Mermaid Feathers:
Mellow Mango Mustard Spikes:
Bejeweled Butter:
Anyway. I think I should start the process of shopping for a new camera, this one is really old in camera years. (Note the term start the process, as shopping for anything that is supposed to last me at least 5 years totally stresses me out and takes me a long time because I’m afraid of making the wrong decision. ) This camera says 4.1 megapixel on it, it’s from ancient times when four megapixels was a really big deal and the extra .1 megapixel must have been a huge bonus.
I need a camera that says “hey girl, I know you worked really late and slept until 4PM. I know you’re not a loser. I understand your need to get your Etsy photos taken with late afternoon post daylight savings light and not have them turn out blurry. You string up those beauties and pose them up all pretty and I’ll do the rest with my awesome macro setting.”
Any suggestions?
I’d better get on with my day… gotta get ready to go to Tulsa tomorrow for the Bead Ren. No, I’m not selling my beads there, just going for the beads. I’m trying to be on bead hiatus, but Mom’s all “let’s go anyway”. It’s not all that different from dragging a recovering alcoholic into a bar and insisting they sit there with you while you throw back blue martinis and gin gimlets and midori sours. Yeah Mom. That’s really what it’s kind of like. But anything to get out of town for a while and eat at Tucci’s, right?
Hope you like the beads, thanks for reading!
Sarah, it sounds like you need lights more than a camera. I use two daylight lamps from Tabletopstudio.com and I shoot in an area that doesn’t have natural light available, which is good because you never want to use more than one type of lighting (i.e. incandescent and florescent at the same time). There is also the learning curve that goes along with a new camera. But if you have your heart set on getting a camera with more pixels, I can recommend the Nikon D90, which is what I use. I think it takes great photos!
Eek! The D90 is way out of my price range… Funny, this camera I’m using now (the Olympus C4040) was in the same price range when it was new, around 2000. My step mom gave it to me a couple of years later. She got a really good deal on it on ebay. It’s literally the only reason I have it. It’s been a real trooper. It’s probably the only thing in my life I haven’t dropped on the floor a dozen times.
I also have a Panasonic that my husband got at some point, and it actually takes better photos in indoor lighting. I used it for a while, but the macro photo quality and color isn’t quite like my Olympus. I may need to make some adjustments, if I could only figure out how. Even with a user’s manual, I always feel like someone handed me a transmission and a wrench when I’m holding a camera.
IPhone 4S or 5. No question. No lights needed. Cheapest point and shoot on the market. If you borrow one from someone I can talk you through getting the shots so you can test it out.
Um, maybe I should have mentioned that I was thinking in the $100 – $200 range… I may have found another Olympus that might work. Didn’t you recommend the FE 340 a long time ago? Seems I was impressed enough with your photos that I wrote it down on my sticky note. I’m thinking the newer VR 340 might be equivalent and is $180.
I have seen your photos and others taken with the iPhone, and they are impressive.
The IPhone is only $99 or $199 if it’s time to upgrade your phone. I no longer have two separate devices… I can’t say enough good things about this simple camera. All point and shoots are simply outclassed by it.
: )
For me, an iphone would be $349 with a two year commitment, and my two-year commitment began last month. I don’t see an iPhone in my immediate future.
I saw a refurbished FE 340 on the Olympus site for $79. I may need to spend some time at a local shop and see what the VR340 is like (correction – it’s $149). It has better reviews than the slightly higher priced VR330.
(And the FE340 is a five-year ago camera. You don’t really want that.)
Pyper from L.E. suggested a: CANON ELPHS 300 (about $200) or a OLYMPUS PEN e-pl1(i) not sure on the spelling of the last type……good luck!
Thanks Sandra! My mom just got a Canon second-hand, and I need to try hers – I think it’s around $200 new.
I haven’t seen anything from Pyper in forever. I guess I need to google her. Ha! I can never say or write that without giggling.
Sarah, I would really rethink your budget on this. The time you will spend in the next five years adjusting your photographs and trying to make up for a lame camera is about 800,987 times more than you would spend to make one or two more sets of beads and get a real camera. Seriously! Just sit the hell down and make a strand or two dedicated utterly to your camera. One day vs. five years. You can’t go wrong with either the Olympus Pen (or similar) or the IPhone 4S or 5. Lightweight, flawless, and they will take you the distance technologically. If you buy another camera that isn’t equal to your work, it’s a mistake.