Taking notes. I'm at my night job right now. Because I'm on the laptop, the colors are never right, so I'm not going to waste time trying the advise.

After my lack of success with white backgrounds, I tried black, and I'm finding that maybe I should avoid both and shoot for something in between.

Submitted 8 pictures this afternoon, one a re-work of the Sushi, which, if it gets rejected again, I can work on again, with the proper methods.

I'm trying to find a Photoshop class, but with working days and nights, and from April until October... weekends too, I really haven't found anything that fits into my schedule. :-? The one weekend class I did find, was aimed towards business, and they just switched to CS3. (rats!) Plus it's a two day weekend, intro and then two days of intermediate, on another date, and the photo editing parts are a little in both.

Night school just went out the window, because I got the last night of the week added at the hotel, which only needs someone four nights a week. Good news is, I'm it, and the cook is amused by my photography of his food.

No I don't have a light meter anymore, (I own about six) because they don't make batteries for any that I own. Something about Mercury? I took in the area of 70 photos on Sunday, testing lighting setups. (and taking notes) Then changed everything, and started again today. It's pretty funny, but in the end, I'm getting photos that don't have the need for huge editing of the background, because I'm making better exposures to start with.

Ah, display dinner just came out. Gotta run, get the camera, tripod, new diffusers, slave strobes, plastic background, and take some pictures.

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