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A year ago, our landlord at the makers’ studio had two muralists come in and decorate the walls at either end of the space. The murals are bright and colourful — one teal/red/blue, the other mostly bright magenta pink.

Unfortunately the magenta one is in the space where I used to photograph my products. It used to have plain white walls, but now one wall is bright pink, and the rest of the space takes on this pink glow. It’s really not ideal.

I’ve got workarounds for small products, but finding somewhere to photograph my mannequins/dress forms wearing the clothes I make has been an ongoing saga. There are some tiny corners I can use but I can’t get a full height pic there.

And it’s not as if I live in the kind of spacious home that has lots of bare walls — ahahaha nope! too many bookcases — nor could I transport my mannequins back and forth easily on my bike!

I decided to look for outdoor spaces (which will have lots of natural light, too.) The studio’s in a heritage district with a public park across the road, behind the art gallery. There are lots of old brick/stone buildings, and I figured there must be some useable wall nearby, even if it meant lugging the dress forms across the road.

Then I went downstairs to the toilets that are attached to the basement bar. They have a small patio area. And this:

Bayleaf Handmade Goods

I think one or the other of those will do just fine! I took the pics in mid afternoon with my iPhone camera but I’ll keep an eye out at different times of day and see when the light is best.

The good thing about doing it on-premises is that I can duck up and down to the studio and iron things, grab accessories or pins or whatever I need for the photo shoot, without worrying about leaving my stuff unattended. Much better than across the road!