Quilts & Photography by Trudy Cleveland

Photography Worksops

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Photography Workshops…

I started offering Photography workshops during 2020, and the feedback has been great.

The participants of my workshops have been doing some extraordinary work. Take a look!

In one of my workshop you choose one of your quilts: build a portfolio of full, closeup, vignette, back and label shots. Then we learn how to edit our images by adjusting

exposure, contrast, brightness, and cropping, all with your smartphone! When we are satisfied with the results, we put them in a collage and add a watermark.

It’s a busy workshop with rewarding results! No UFO at the end of this workshop…just practical information you can start using immediately.

Watch for my announcement of my first workshop in January!

Times…They are a changing..

| contract, virtual meetings

Yes… things have really changed since March 19, 2020… when we started “shelter in place” in California.  I’ve been doing Zoom presentations since June, and you know what?…. They have their benefits! I especially like the presenting from the comfort of my home… From the waist up I look “professional”, but truth be told…I have my bunny slippers on while explaining to guilds how to get the best photograph possible of their quilts! Seems like a “win/win” to me!

The other thing that has changed is my contract! I had to address the changes when doing a zoom program and incorporate that into my contract. You can download/print my contract to see if my presentation/workshop would work for your guild.  Check it out!

Virtual Teaching Agreement

Feel free to print it out and look it over…any questions give me a call! 310 343-3436

Virtual Meetings With Zoom

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We are in a new era that includes social distancing.

But social distancing doesn’t mean social isolation.

I love visiting different guilds and demonstrating how important photography is to quilting. We might not be able to meet in person, but it doesn’t mean we can’t meet virtually, as in a Zoom format.

My topics that I offer to guilds:

“Shoot Your Quilt” and ” How To Upgrade Your Quilt Toolbox” can be presented “In-Person” or in a “Virtual Format”. My  presentation gives practical tips that that can be used by every quilter. The format is a power point presentation with a trunk show, followed by a question and answer period.

My workshop, “How To Edit Photographs With your Smartphone” also can be done as a virtual presentation. It is very interactive with practical information. No supply list or sewing machine needed!

Any questions just contact me and we can talk about how I can customize a presentation  for your guild… virtual or in-person.

Trudy

310 343-3436

Tcleveland@aol.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quilts + Photography

| Binding, Light, Photography

Beautiful Light!

While placing the binding on my quilt “Spring Fling” I realized the light was at the perfect angle, just grazing across the quilt. The texture of the quilting was being displayed in perfect light.I couldn’t help but stop and take a picture…with my iPhone. No expensive equipment, no special editing. The lighting did all the work.  Once you “See The Light” you can’t help but stop and take a picture. 

Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree

| Black White, Photography, vintage

3rd Birthday
Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree


I found this image while cleaning out my childhood home. I knew it existed, but hadn’t seen it in many years. It was such a exciting moment when it resurfaced. And, had special meaning for me since I have been become so involved in the photography of quilts. My mother made my dress on her new Singer, she was a self taught seamstress, and loved making dresses for special occasions. My father dabbled in photography, both developing  and printing negatives from his Yashica camera. To me this validates my journey in Quilting and Photography, and made me think the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!