The latest module on A Year With My Camera has been about macro photography.
And it's here that I've found the limitations of my camera (which, as a reminder, is a Canon G7 X).
I simply can't either physically get my camera close enough, nor can I zoom in sufficiently close, to get a really closely framed shot.
I experimented with changing the ISO/f-stop/shutter speed to let more light in - and the reverse - but I really wasn't able to get close enough to capture the detail in the inspiration shots from AYWMC.
Ultimately, I ended up with a series of images, mostly of uninteresting camelias - too close to get any interesting effect with depth of field, and too far away to get the lovely detail of the flowers.
Sunday, 15 October 2017
Monday, 2 October 2017
Groove on
Last summer
in London, over a year ago now, I followed in the footsteps of my lovely friend
Juju Vail and created a knock off of a Cos t-shirt swing dress. I wasn’t
thrilled with the result because I thought it needed to be tighter over my bust
to avoid the impression of being pregnant! Nevertheless, I still really liked
the idea so was excited when a couple of indie sewing pattern designers
released patterns – the Groove dress by Made It Pattern (based in the UK) and
the even more voluminous Ebony dress by Closet Case Files. The key
feature of both patterns was negative ease over the bust and then FLARE. I
chose the Made It option, supporting a fellow UK person and the swing was more
to my taste than the super mega flare on the Ebony skirt.
As I mentioned
in my Make Nine planning post, I intended to create a toile using some grey
marle viscose jersey fabric, but I didn’t have enough, so I went straight to
the good stuff. I cut out the straight
hem version to a length that I knew would be too long but I wanted options.I loved the
neckline treatment in the pattern, I think it’s very neat in appearance and
though it’s a little fiddly it was worth it.
Back in
Australia, I’ve since sewn up a wintry version using a seater knit fabric with ¾
sleeves. I call this one my secret
pyjama dress. The fabric is amazingly
soft with good recovery but the fabric/pattern combo doesn’t look like pyjamas –
so I can wear it to work on casual Fridays. And I managed it out of 2m of 1.5m wide
fabric. I also
sewed a tee shirt version in some black merino jersey. Really comfy with a pair
of jeans, or shorts as the weather continue to improve I hope.
I’ve got plans
for one more at this stage – a high-low hem tee shirt version with some
black/floral jersey. Watch this space!
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