I LOVE DIY (love it I say, love it!)

Dig this DIY photography board I made with cheap wood and homemade stain. The stain is a combination of wet coffee, tea and chocolate powder. Brush it on and let it dry. I repeated those steps a bunch of times until I liked where I ended. Once fully dried, I applied a clear matte topcoat. 

Including tax, the timber was 9 bucks. 

9 bucks. 

Crazy good deal. 

For those interested, at the end of this post, I've included details on shadow, light, fill and bounce.

In other news, this week I went over the food budget for the first time in a long time. I'm okay with it. Funny thing is, last week I was under. In the end, it all washes out. I'm not fussed about it because it's the overall progress and improvement that matters.

One week or two over, no big thang. 

In other, other news, tomorrow is Friday and me and a friend are going on a photo walk. Not sure where yet. Maybe a graveyard, those are always fun. Maybe along the water, that's cool too. Either way, I'll bring my pancake lens and have a good time.

Also, I love saying pancake lens. 

Pancake lens. 

For those wondering if it's as fun to type pancake lens as it is to say ... why yes, yes it is. 

And that my Boogerbutts, is all that's fit to print. 

Talk again soon. 

Huggs and Bugs, Me.

Photo One: The light spills across the photography board.

Photo Two & Three: The white card stops the flash (coming from the left), and bounces light back into the scene PLUS helps fill in some of the shadow along the front facing right side of the magazine. 

Note the placement of the bounce card in photo two and three and how we can change the shadow along the edge of the magazine. 

Pretty freakin' cool. 

And, and, and, black cards to help create shadow, drama, mood and remove hot spots. My gosh, playing with light and shadow is crazy fun. Crazy fun I say, crazy fun.