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4 Resources for Free Vintage Photos

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To find a resource of free vintage photos is a wonderful thing. In the past I have collected vintage photos by purchasing them from flea markets or from ebay. But to know that other artists like myself love vintage photos is just beautiful.  I found 5 really good resources for free vintage photos. The internet makes things so easy. Lucky Me and now Lucky You!

Please note these images are only for your artwork. They can not be copied and place on a CD to be sold for commercial usage.

Free Vintage Photos

All Free Vintage Stuff- A flickr account with what looks like more than 100 vintage photos.

Just Something I Made - Good images, and you actually get to see a few projects created using vintage images.

The Vintage Moth - cute titles for each image. These titles might help spark a little creativity.

Vintage Resources- has more than enough images to get anyone started with using vintage images in their artwork. Make time to spend a few hours going through and saving each image. Lots and Lots of Eye Candy.

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Creating a Cheap Photography Studio

A few days ago my cousin asked me to take a few Maternity shots for her. Well I wrote a post and share the images from the photo shoot, but I did not share with you how I created this cheap photography studio. A day before I went to the library to look at photography books and then I came home to look for inspiration on Flickr. 

Setting Up the Studio

I then realized that I needed to set up a backdrop for the photo shoot. So I went to Walmart and purchased a black and white queen size flat sheet at $9.00 each. As for lighting I used my desk lap and I used my small stool for shots that required a sitting pose.  Before my cousin arrived I had to iron the sheets to remove wrinkles. Then I had to hang the sheets. I used push pins to hang sheets to the wall.

I just experimented with lighting and noticed when the flash was off my camera the shot had very little glare. I knew I could enhance the shot in Photoshop so I just went with what I thought looked good on camera. I know that I need to work on composition and other photography elements. This shoot was more about having fun and enjoying the process.

The Photo Shoot

I asked my boyfriend to sit in on a few shots to practice with lighting. I think he enjoyed it more than I did.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Taking Maternity Photos of My Cousin

Today I tried my hand at taking maternity photos. My cousin Aisha asked me to take her photos. Please understand that I am not a photographer andI do not think I would change for choice of media. But she asked and I thought I would try it for her. Below are the results from my first maternity photo shot.

 

What results have you had with taken Maternity photos?