Style That Kid! eBook with advice for amazing children’s clothing photos

June 12, 2014 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

I like to think of myself as a pretty decent photographer. I know all about ISO, shutter speed, and focal length to get a good exposure. I have a fancy camera. But when it’s time to document clothing I make for my daughter, I feel like I sprout an extra five thumbs and I just cannot get a good photo. The lighting is always weird, the backdrop never right. And ohhh, the awkward poses and frustrated faces my daughter gives me.

Alida from Alida Makes used to have the same problem. But instead of just fearing the kid photo shoot, she set about to research what it is that makes photos of kids work. After she saw what a huge difference it made in her own kid clothing photo shoots, she wrote an eBook sharing what she knows.

Style That Kid! is her new eBook. The 38-page book gives practical advice for choosing the best lighting and location for your shoot, and using background, clothing, and props to create the contrast, texture, and dimension kid clothing photos need in order to be amazing. She illustrates these points with photos from her own blog. She also includes photos that didn’t quite work and tells how they could be improved.

To celebrate the release of her eBook, she’s giving away 5 copies of her eBook over on her blog. Go there to enter. But do it quickly – the giveaway ends tomorrow evening!

[photo from Alida Makes]

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Learn All About Sewing Velvet Fabric

I’m always tempted by the pretty velvets at the fabric store. So much texture! And the way the fibers catch the light! But sewing on velvet is trickier than you’d think. That nap that lends beautiful texture also likes to slip and crawl. That nap can also spell disaster if you cut a piece the wrong direction. That isn’t to say you shouldn’t use buy that velvet and sew it into something gorgeous, you just need to go into your velvet sewing project prepared. And Melissa at Melly Sews has a post that takes you step by step through sewing on velvet.

Velvet is such a luscious fabric, especially for winter sewing projects. Of course there are velvet Christmas sewing projects – stockings, tree skirts, santa hats – but velvet is beautiful for all winter. Think of all the gorgeous velvet dresses, evening bags, hair accessories, even pillows and other home décor that you see all winter long.

Melly Sews’ post gives you the tips and tricks you need to know in order for your velvet sewing project to end up a success. There are types of projects better suited for velvets, and kinds of projects to avoid. She describes the different types of velvet available. And she also tells the best way to lay out and cut your pattern pieces from velvet fabric. Her tutorial also covers marking, pressing, and of course sewing that beautiful fabric. There’s also a video included in case that’s your preferred method for learning.

Head over to Melly Sews to learn how to sew on velvet fabric.

And if you want to learn more about that lovely blue velvet dress shown, she has a post that tells more about it including 2 ways to style it depending on if you want to be more dressy or more casual.

[photo credit: Melly Sews]

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