

piece of thin Birch plywood, and I KNEW that I had found a perfect backdrop for my photos. Recently when I was wandering the aisles of Lowe's looking for project inspiration, I stumbled upon a 2 ft. Sometimes scrapbook paper is simply not big enough to get a great picture though. One way to do this is to use scrapbook paper and poster board as a backdrop for my pics.
DIY PHOTO BACKDROP HOW TO
(You can learn how to improve your photos using PicMonkey with this post.) Another trick that has helped me with my blog photos is "staging" my photos-freeing the pics of any unnecessary distractions and really trying to showcase the piece I'm photographing. I also edit my photos using iPhoto and PicMonkey. I have a dSLR camera, and I only shoot in manual mode now, which I highly recommend you quickly learn if you want to greatly improve your photography. To stay "relevant," I am constantly looking for ways to improve my photography. Professional-looking photos get pinned more and featured more through link parties, etc. Since Pinterest has taken over the world, professional-looking blog photos have become crucial to getting page views. Photos didn't have to be "Pinterest Perfect." People were just looking for great ideas. When I first started, good projects got good traffic.

Since I started this blog a few years ago, blogging has changed.
