Somehow December started and I didn’t even realize it.  I guess I need a vacation…  Maybe I was working too hard this past weekend.  My goal was to get some decent pictures of my pit fired pieces that could be used for my website.  If you’ve been residing under a rock or you weren’t paying attention my site has been updated.  (Read the entry before this one to get the details.)  I’m more of a beginner than an expert when it comes to photography so I wasn’t exactly sure what I was doing. 

Saturday morning I started to set up a home-made photo studio in the corner of our apartment.  I used the cheap clamp lights with those daylight flourescent bulbs that are supposed to save money on your electric bill.  I found enough stuff to clamp them to and set down a gray piece of fabric that I had laying around.  I used some white trash bags to diffuse the light and eliminate harsh shadows.  For some extra zing I used a few pieces of aluminum foil as reflectors.  I used a table-top tripod for most of the shots and a stack of books for the tall pieces.  For not knowing much about lighting setup and not having a lot of “real” photo equipment I’m pretty happy with the results.  I might have to crop and batch process the pictures to tweak the curves and do a little sharpening but I think they will work for my website at the very least.  It was fun experimenting with the lighting and figuring out what I wanted.  Some day maybe I’ll have some space to set up a more permanent studio.

That’s right, you are witnessing the biggest technological event since Al Gore invented the Internet.  My new and improved website has arrived.  Well, actually only part of it is up.  I’m still working on the rest.  I have some things to fix and some pages to finish.  But at least you get a sneak peak.  Go ahead and take a look at what I have so far.  Let me know if something doesn’t seem right.  I’ve only tested it on IE but it seems to be okay so far.  There is one problem I’m aware of already.  The “News” link in the navigation bar doesn’t link back to this blog on any page except the home page.  So if you’re on the teaching page and click on “News” it will give you an error.  You need to click “home” and then “news” to get back to this page.  Soon (as in “whenever I have time”) I’ll put together the galleries and fill in all the missing info.  For now, I hope you enjoy what I have.  Go to the home page: www.artbyfuzzy.com  or click on “Art by Fuzzy” at the very top of this page.

 The grand opening of Art by Fuzzy v.2 was Sunday Nov. 26, 2006.  Of course I will post here about any updates that I make to the site so pay attention!