Last night’s photo class was rather fun. We were supposed to do a walk-stop-shoot expedition at a local park, but the ducks and geese and egrets were very distracting (as well as darned cute to watch). Some portraiture was thrown in.
What I found most interesting was just what a great composition a piece of trash can make.
After seeing how nice Lori’s Saroyan scarf by Liz Abinante looked, I decided to go ahead and do one myself. Mine is in a wool-and-llama blend in a heathered orchid color. It’s coming along nicely, and soon I’ll be on the descent into the decreases. I’ll wash it, and block it, and mark it for me! With our cold spring here in California, it is perfect for a chilly morning or late night walk.
That said, it also is fun to use knitting to play with different elements of photography. And it is also a good way to brag: See? I’m actually making something!
Knitting Saroyan is very easy. It took a bit to get used to reading the chart as I generally knit in the round, but that along with the written directions make for an easy project. I like the fact that there are markers to separate the body from the garter stitch from the leaf pattern – my way to knit! I can easily complete the pattern part while watching TV. Once done, I’ll block it out and take a few more shots, especially of the leaves.
Altogether, this is a satisfying project to knit – and to photograph! (You can see more pictures of my Saroyan here.)
I’ve seen a lot of “impressionist” photos of late – rather like some of them. Certainly a different skew on photography itself, and how to use a DSLR. Tonight, rather bored, decided give it a bit of a shot. These were done with long exposures – 8 seconds to a minute I think – with jerks and jitters during exposure.
Yes, it is. I woke up at 5:10 a.m. thinking, ahhhh, I can play today! Sunday! Did I really get all that stuff done on Saturday??
Actually, it was Sunday. But Saturday was not a bad day at all.
Over the weekend I really was quite productive:
Oh, and other things, but I didn’t get any knitting done. I didn’t paint. But I do feel like the weekend was enjoyable – just one day short of what I wanted!
Ink, Yarn & Beer 