Recent content by M-J

I am not 100% here, but I am sure that if an artist uses a photograph and does a painting from that photograph the two are not the same as the media used is completely different and no matter how fantastic the artist is there is always some interpretation in the final painting. Nevertheless it...

Thank you so much for your help by the way Inaglo your photos are fantastic, I love the fact that you can see every detail too great work there! Diddydave I am using the standard lens that came with my camera 18mm-55mm and tend to use the AV settings I am not even sure that I am using the right...

I tend to only use the photos for the web. One of my teddy artist friends recommended the macro she uses a 105mm on her camera, here is the link to her website Jenny and her photos are the kind of results I would like to achieve with my own photographs of my own bears. I do not know if this...

Thanks guys for your warm wishes. I would like to photograph the detailing around the eyes, as I often add a of of detail here, I do photograph the bears indoors and I do use a tripod, but I am still struggling with actual photographs as I know they need to be better. I am looking to spend...

Hi again Guys! Well it has been a very long time since I last posted here, please forgive me, but Ive been having a baby and now it is time to get back to the teddy bear business. Anyway I have a canon 400d slr camera and I use it (badly) to photograph the bears I design and make. I suppose I...

No I don’t think you are trying to fob me off at all. Many new artists have not got a clue about photography, it took me ages to sort myself out and I know I still need to improve. What I am looking for is an article of about 1500 -2000 words which will basically give advice on what and...

Hi Guys I was wondering whether anyone would be interested in putting an article together about basic photography and lighting instructions for an online Teddy bear showcase site www.bear-artists-online.com The article is aimed at the teddy bear artist members and readers of the site, the...

I know that everyone has their preferences to which programmes and services to use when building their website, but I use yahoo.com service and their free site builder and there is no need for HTML, it is so easy and I can change the style of the site whenever I feel like it and for the most...

Thank you every one for your warm welcomes, they are most appreciated. :) :) Strangely enough when I explain to people that I am a teddy bear artist most look at me with confusion as if I am making it up, while nearly everyone thinks I am soft in the head or something. So it’s not...

Hi guys. Rather than lurking in the background for a while I decided to introduce myself straight away. My name is Melanie Jayne I am a teddy bear artist. I design and make one of a kind, collectable artist character teddy bears. Here is a photograph of some of my work. I mainly...