Swatch of black velvet and an old fashioned coke bottle

I am learning a little more about photography and some of the tricks of the trade.  I shot about 135 photos of these flowers.  I have learned that the best light for shooting florals is natural light.  The same could be said of any subject, natural light is the best.  However, when I shot these photos, I was in my basement at about 8 pm and there was no natural light available.  Instead, I had the light in another part of the room on, a back drop of black velvet and an old fashioned coke bottle to work with.  Below are two of the results of that photo shoot.

Transformed children's board book

This past week I decided to try a new project for the anniversary of my son Tucker and daughter-in-law, Michelle.   I bought an old children's board book from a second hand store and re-purposed it into this little book for them as they celebrate their 3rd anniversary.  The photos are shots I took and I tried my hand at writing the text as well.  I learned a lot during the process and will do things a little differently next time around.  I think, even with all its flaws, it has a charm and appeal to it.  I get a sense of it being an old and well loved book that has been handled a great deal.