Taking better photos

When I first started photographing my knits, the flatlay wasn’t even really a thing. We didn’t have Instagram or Twitter yet. Ravelry was only a few …

Over the last year, I’ve thought and written a lot about knitting photos. I’ve talked about techniques and tools until I felt like I was …

One of my constant refrains around here when it comes to knitting photography is that you don’t have to spend a ton of money on …

When I first started designing knitting patterns about four years ago, I thought that creativity was something innate. I thought you were born with it, …

We are finally here at the last stop on our better knitting photography adventure! For today’s post, we’re going to talk about photo editing, which …

In our second-to-last installment in the better knitting photography series, we’re talking about how framing your photograph affects the story your photo tells. Oftentimes, a …

In my last post in the better knitting photography series, we talked about ways to create interesting photos that are laid out on a flat …

Today’s blog post is going to focus on composing photos on a flat surface. I’ll spend some time in a subsequent post talking about how …

One of the oft-repeated maxims of photography is that you need natural light. While that’s generally true, and I’ve written some about it here, it’s …

Sharing knits online is so much fun, but it can be frustrating when you’re trying to take pictures of your knits. The lighting is weird, …