You may have noticed that we try to do most of the photography in house. That’s not just because Bernadette has mad photo skills, but also because I really think it gives an issue a cohesive, beautiful feel. Of course, there are always things we can’t shoot — photos about a location, about a person, about a festival, or about a technique we just don’t know at all. Generally though, we try and shoot as much as we can.
A problem we run into is that sometimes we don’t have the equipment needed to bring to life a particular article. For instance, see that little wpi tool in the photo?, the cute little sheepie one from The Clay Sheep? I had to use that in 2 back to back issues because I didn’t have another WPI tool! Not that I minded, it’s super adorable, but still, you see what I mean.
We’re pretty solidly stocked on wheels, PLY now has a large assortment of wheels so if an author mentions a wheel, we’re likely to be able to use it in the photoshoot. If we don’t have the model, we at least have the make, you know? Things we’re not so stocked on is all the other stuff, some big, some small. So, here’s just some of the things we wish we had on hand for photoshoots, our wishlist, if you will:
- wool combs: 4-pitch and 2-pitch; english, viking, dutch
- mini wool combs
- flickers
- hand cards
- small hackle
- various types of spindles (we really need support, russian, turkish, navajo, tahkli, and bottom whorls)
- various measuring tools –tpi, wpi ect
- cute spinning things that enhance photos
Now it’s true that PLY could buy some of these things, but we run a pretty tight ship over here. In order to keep our ad to content ratio low low low, we don’t really have a budget for tools yet. Right now we’re saving for subscription management software (currently we do it all by hand). But it’s not only that our ship is tight, it’s also that we really love supporting small indie companies, companies that support spinners, companies that support us. We like being able to list them on the Independent Spinner page when we use one of their products in our photos. We like that we get to spread the word.
So if you’d like to see your product on the pages of PLY, let’s see what we can do! Check out this page to learn more about it!
xo,
jacey
