Photo Setup

This is my photo "studio", finally set up in an unused bedroom /attic. Ignore the storage shelves! I decided against photo cubes such as the EZ Cube because I have a lot of different sized work. Most are less than 2 feet, but there is the occasional larger sculpture, so I decided I might as well go for the professional setup rather than scraping by with a less expensive stopgap.

So one project is completed, unless you remember that my camera died. Learning how to work the setup and the new camera (currently planning on borrowing until I can afford a decent camera) will happen next week. Callie and I need photos to create a postcard advertising our December show, so I need some good images by the end of next week.

I pit fired today in my large metal trash can, but the results are less than encouraging. This time it did smolder all the way down to the bottom (last time it kept petering out), but I did not get the black-and-white variety on the bottom two-thirds of the work. What I know about pit firing wouldn't fill up a thimble, so if you have any advice please comment or point me towards a good source for trash-can firings!