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Creating a "habitat" with site-specific shooting

Creating a "habitat" with site-specific shooting

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Creating a "habitat" with site-specific shooting

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I'm here walking around this beautiful conifer forest. The birds are singing. The light is just dappled and really sweet and romantic. It's actually a great spot to create a habitat shot for one of your crafts. Now we're in here in this great nature setting, and if you're a crafter who makes things that kind of reflect the nature around you. Then it's really a good idea to kind of put your, your hand crafted item, in a setting that kind of gives it more context, like a forest. So I have my craft here today, and it's this little needle felted owl that I made. And the reason I want to make a habitat shot is because it, its kind of similar to the big window displays in an apartment or a department store. I'm a total sucker for those I can just be walking by with no interest at all in going shopping. And if I see a nice dress and it's on a mannequin, and it's next to a picnic basket. I can totally picture myself in that dress, at that picnic. So, by taking a photograph of your craft, in a…

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