Challenge

 So how did the 30 day challenege go???

Hi i know i havent sent out as many blogs as normal and i am sorry but i have been in hibernation during the winter months and while i cant take any quick photos on a digital camera.

I have been using a Film 35mm olympus camera

So i have one of these bought fom ebay, broken so it was cheap. Luckily i am a bit of a practical person and i have been able to fix the issue and i am currenlty trying to take some images on a colour film.

As a child i always like the thought of processing film in a red room under the stairs alone and having all the chemicals to get the image onto film paper.

I have got part of that being the chemicals to stop the process of development this link, shows all the items that i have bought, hough i have not got the chemicals yet as they have a shelf life of only 3 months i think and that is if you can get that type.

I have got the smaller items, thermometer, jugs, developing bag and kit all which have not come in past the £20 mark yet.

The final item that i have bought which i hope will work is the wolverine scanner, this i thought i would have some film in the house some where to test but i dont some, as i said i am having to use the film i have to test the item out. I have just got a ideal for this though#

So apart from that i have still been on Viewbug (doing some curating nothing new,) Fineartamerica (even though i am english), Artpal and of course Redbubble 

having sold "4" items over a year i am not doing as well as i thought need some more ideas of products for that one, may be some thing to work on a comment follow up with a blogg 😀.

#photography. #1978photography, #awesome

Photography Blogging

How often is too much,

How many time a month should I make a diary of what i have been up too. 

Well i would assume i would have to have done something , but having to make a blog would mean i need to do something, bit of  chicken and egg.

Ok since the last time i have been able to take some photos using the lens ball i will upload them next time, really fun. BUT be careful in the sun as you can burn yourself as you would expect big ball of glass and a magnified point of the sun, i didnt burn my self but just a small hot spot on my hand. 

I have been updating the redbubble (RB) redbubble, fineartamerica (FAA) fineartamerica accounts.

I have found another site that i may move towards which is https://www.printful.com/ these are similar to the print on demand sites i have previously mentioned doesnt have all the items i have on other sites that i can see yet but only been on the site for three days.

Having trouble with attaching to ebay accoutn at the moment but that may be because i am in the UK and have a .co.uk ebay account - we shall see.

Alternativly i have opened a wish account so you never know both larger websites to the RB (check above what that means), just waiting to be approved as it take 3 business days.

On another positive note i have been updating the galleries n the old website www.1978photography.co.uk

take a look most of the images are on the purchaseable sites to head over and take a look.

Happy Fathers Day

So today is fathers day, happy day to you if you are lucky enough to be a dad.

I am too and have recieved 

a Lensball                                                     and a simple profile T-stand   

So an ideas of what i can photo, give some idea, I will prceed to do some colour shots bokeh style as i have the lights for it.

Other thing i have tried with my lens that i took apart as it was broken but i will be doing plenty of landscape shots with this in the foreground. So ideas i have found and i think is a good start https://gridfiti.com/lensball-photography/, personally i like the water reflection idea.

Profile stand well thats a new one for me as i dont like photographing people, as you can probably see i all of my images are products, landscapes, nature and animals. So catalogue images are what i will be trying as i develop my print on demand images.

Purchases

Ok through this furlough scheme and period.

I have been looking and developing my phohotgraphy again, while also changing and updating my website.

This meant learning, from reading websites and choosing what worked the best for me.

I have read through many websites... telling me of how to make this better do this differently, yes they are all ok but i have done what i think works for now, (I am sure i will keep changing).

So i eventually got to print on demand sites, great idea but i does mean that the items choosen are a bit more expensive.

But i means that you dont have to print out and hold onto stock in a warehouse, garage at home or piled up in one of the rooms in your house too.

So i have found two that seem to work, by what i mean as simple to set up and you get to see the results quickly, that may mean a limitation in items but its done and it makes me feel like i have achieved something.

take a look.

photography1978/shop

 

redbubble the first i have found, works really well you can select the prices you would like to make on each product, that means like a shirt cost of the company is $14 and then you add on top the price of your image, picture, drawing or logo. bascially what ever you want on products.

Second.

photography1978/shop

fineartamerica is another website i found that does pretty similar job both good a simple to set up. Again they have the value of the basic products and then you add on what you would like to make from a sale. This one is more for the photographers though as you can enter contests and get noticed, seem a bit more socially active which i am not sure about as being on there one afternoon and i have already had some strange email sent to me from a spammer, but i will see where it goes, no news is good.