…and yesterday i was sidetracked from my important upholstery shed schedule by just
such an occasion.
yesterday
was the day that brand new craft workshop enterprise @theFarm had planned its
first photoshoot. @theFarm is all set to launch this september because a
certain energetic and intrepid good friend was looking for a business idea, and
her upholstery teacher (me!) was looking for new avenues for teaching her
lovely craft skills. throw in another irrepressibly crafty lady and the idea quickly
gathered momentum…
of
course before any splendid crafty enterprise can get off the ground, it’s
important to tell your lovely customers about it. which means @theFarm required
a photographer to create tempting images for its website (after all, we can’t
just expect folks to imagine how fabulous it is).
after
some mulling over the cost of proper professional photographers, and the wisdom
of asking weighty favours from friends’ husbands who happen to be
photographers, and the decision was made: we would shoot the @theFarm photos
ourselves, thereby creating them for free whenever we wanted to and with no
strings attached. perfect.
five ingredients for the @theFarm Big Day of Photography
• one
digital camera and tripod (borrowed from a patient husband)
• three
crafty ladies plus a most helpful friend who strikes an awesome pose (drama
teacher, obviously)
• one
splendid Georgian farmhouse with a huge farmyard, lots of appropriately
charming stone walls, and a handful of goslings and hens
• some
warm summer daylight
• some
handcrafted goodness, huge piles of fabric and vintage loveliness
the
day dawned beautiful and 30 degrees+. wearing our sunday best and cheery smiles
we propped and posed and worked our woollen wellie socks off. i’m proud that we
remained cheery and calm through the shifting and lifting, creative dilemmas (bunting,
yes or no? how ‘bout gosling poo?) the animal antics, ever-changing light
quality and tea-time for five kids with only a little perspiration and four
sets of rosy glowing cheeks to show how hard we’d worked.
so
here’s a sneak peek:
eirlys and emma doing a spot of darning…
me, looking a teeny bit hot and feeling quite silly…
emma, who triumphed with the day's most enormous smile…
Golly! It was way too hot to darn. And to wear wellies. But you did wonders, Joanna. And you don't look at all silly. Do you think we need stunt hens next time...? :D
ReplyDeleteha! love the idea of stunt hens. did you see the fab Crafty Magazine (www.facebook.com/Craftymagazine) photo of hens in knitted frocks? mine had better watch out...
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