Do you hide your mess when posting photographs?

I have a sheet that I keep rolled up on a length of dowel. When I take photos, I roll the sheet down and over the bench that's below it.

Then I have two fluorescent lights. Each light is 2 x 2' tubes in a batten holder that I've made a base for. I can position these on each side.

The bench is about 4' x 2' and the sheet extends from about 4' above the bench and flows down and over the front.

Here's some examples of how the photos turn out -

https://www.flickr.com/photos/oflittleinterest/sets/72157635122640112

https://www.flickr.com/photos/oflittleinterest/sets/72157632533337223

Krusty

NO I don't hide my mess when posting pics ..

Am sure it causes nightmares to the neat freaks ...

Kenny

I tend to take photos away from the mess but not as much to hide said mess. I build in my dark, dank basement (aka The Rocket Dungeon) and my phone doesn't do well in the lowish light conditions. So I often take them outside next to my dead grass.

krusty said:

I have a sheet that I keep rolled up on a length of dowel. When I take photos, I roll the sheet down and over the bench that's below it.

Then I have two fluorescent lights. Each light is 2 x 2' tubes in a batten holder that I've made a base for. I can position these on each side.

The bench is about 4' x 2' and the sheet extends from about 4' above the bench and flows down and over the front.

Here's some examples of how the photos turn out -

https://www.flickr.com/photos/oflittleinterest/sets/72157635122640112

https://www.flickr.com/photos/oflittleinterest/sets/72157632533337223

Krusty

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Krusty, I like your style! Especially the photos captured in your second flickr link. :wink:

I tend to hold up or place items so that floor or wall is the bulk of the background.

That is just a corner of the man cave so I keep the all the mess contained in the basement. Sometimes I just clear the couch for photos, other times I take rockets to work and the conference room. All rockets have to be de motored and de stinked of composite and or black powder odors before they can come back in the house after a launch. All freshly painted rockets have to spend an hour or outside to dry before coming in. Strict out gassing limits are placed on freshly painted rockets that go down to the basement. Good old sanding sealer use is right out. Acetone is OK because is smells like fingernail polish remover and can blend in.

I have found if it is messy people stay away and don't mess with stuff. Although things may be a bit hard to find I know they are there somewhere, it is just a matter of time before I find it. The cats love it, always something new to explore. Nothing beats getting a drink from the calm basement toilet then heading over and crunching up in the box marked "Toy Rocket Propellant" fer some shut eye.

I generally photograph my rockets in my workshop and am conscious of what I show in the background.

No need to share more information than intended or necessary.

My build area is the garage, which is also the only place in the house in which I will allow myself to smoke, so any pics are taken some distance away from the project area.
1 - inside, on the kitchen table, which I always have to tidy up first as I have 2 kids.
2 - floor of said garage, where the I will need 'da brum' to clean the floor before pics
3 - outside the house (if it is bright and sunny, nix if raining), you can tell this because of 'grass' and farm equipment as a backdrop

so - 2 out of 3, yes I have to clean

NO-ONE gets a full un-editted view of the garage!