I was out taking photos yesterday morning by the early morning light. I needed some background photos to use on Instagram for my feed. I was interested not just in color but texture as well. What a goldmine I found on our own property. Grass, texture, and stained concrete, areca palms, plain concrete, a small bamboo panel with screw heads visible; layered drop cloths from painting, and the backs of my wicker chairs. I took photos of my leather chair – closeup and some lattice on the end of a table. I had such fun I went out again early this morning. I found still more subjects and captured them too.
I recently finished an extensive class on Instagram and photography is one of the areas covered in the class. CANVA is available to make up your own feed pages, but I want to include as much of my own work/photos as well. This afternoon I began building my own repertoire of photos.
It is exciting learning new skills and being able to see the results nearly immediately. The class I took is called Instagram Makeover by Kat Coroy. It can be found on this link: https://katcoroy.com/. She is a delightful, knowledgeable, and quite thorough. If you are a gourd artist, and considering starting your own business, it would be worth the money. In addition to the discussions on design elements we were introduced to design software – called Canva. It is quite fun to use and somewhat like PowerPoint. Canva can be found at: https://www.canva.com/. There is a free version available with tons of options.
Go forth and create.