Showing posts with label Background. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Background. Show all posts
Backgrounds, Backgrounds, Backgrounds!
Well up in here in good ole Saskatchewan, Canada in the winter, the temperature can drop below minus 40 C, which basically means there is no well in hell, I'm going outside to take pictures. So a good indoor light setup is essential! I've been playing around with my lightbox now that it's setup properly and I got to thinking about how much I hate white backgrounds (mostly because I don't do them particularly well)!
So I've been wandering around for the last month or so, collecting backgrounds for my photographs. Here are some of the items I came up with:
Scrapbook Paper! This was a total fluke because I don't scrapbook at all! I just happen to wander down that particular aisle at Michaels and EPIPHANY! It comes in a huge variety of designs and colors.
- Advice: Choose a couple of papers that best reflect your work, and stick with them, it will make your work more recognizable!.
My dad found this rock while he was camping a couple of years ago, it has a gorgeous orange and black coloring to it. I found it in their garden the other day (and sort of swiped it), so that I could see how it did as a background.
I found this piece of wood in my parent's back yard in their tree line. I didn't really think much about it but when I used as a background, it adds a real nice, rustic texture to the photo.
I picked up the piece below at a dollar store for $1.25. It doesn't really look like much when I first picked it up BUT the way it's shaped, it's profile is a perfect, inexpensive mimic of a person's bust. Which will save you $25+ on buying a true jewelry display bust!
Other backgrounds ideas:
- Ceramic tiles (not the shiny ones, they'll leave a glare in the photo
- Small sheet of brushed steel
- Rusty iron (think farm implements)
- Small pile of mulch (could be messy)
- A roof shingle
- etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.....
There are literally thousands upon thousands of different background display ideas. You just need to keep your eyes open for anything that seems unique or different. Even if it doesn't look good at the time, it doesn't hurt to bring it home and try it!
Creating a Twitter Background out of your Etsy Mini
I created this tutorial to walk you through creating an Etsy mini that can be added to your Twitter background!
If you have any problems, or have any questions, please feel free to ask!
1.) Click on “Your Etsy” at the top of the screen.
6.) Open Twitter. Select “Settings” at the top of the page.
2.) Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click on “Etsy Mini”.
3.)
- Under “Items to Show” – select “Items from my shop”.
- Under “Choose Image Size” – select “Thumbnail (75px square)”
- Under “Items to Show” – select “Items from my shop”.
- Under “Choose Image Size” – select “Thumbnail (75px square)”
- Under “Choose Layout” – select “1” and “5”
4.) Scroll down, your Etsy mini should appear underneath the option selection section. Make sure you can see your entire Etsy mini on screen. Using your keyboard, select Ctrl + Print Screen. You have just copied the entire screen.
5.) Open your image editing software program. Hit Paste. Your Etsy mini should appear on screen. Crop the image. Save the image.
6.) Open Twitter. Select “Settings” at the top of the page.
7.) Select “Design”.
8.) Choose “Change Background Image”.
11.) VIOLA! You should have a new Twitter background of your Etsy images.
8.) Choose “Change Background Image”.
9.) Select “Browse”. Choose your Etsy mini image that you just saved. Select open.
10.) Select “Save Changes”.
11.) VIOLA! You should have a new Twitter background of your Etsy images.
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