Taking photos of Christmas decorations

Use your mobile. Mine works better than my swanky Canon camera which is too complicated to just point and click.

Difficult to photograph a tree, flash or no flash, overhead light on or just lamps ?

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In our house we have 3 ! My DD always opts for all white decs and SIL always buys her the latest Swarovski baubles. In the conservatory we have a minimalistic twig complete with woodland creatures which the GC love, then in my annexe I opt for a shabby chic designer twig ....

I'm intrigued too.

Now you have my attention Phoenix

I will have to have a few more attempts, but have a feeling that this year's Christmas tree(s) may not be to many GN members taste!

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Taken with my tablet , played around with the settings till I was happy with the photos! Not perfect but I'm no professional ☺

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Tried these on kindle fire but very blurry! Will try camera phone tomorrow.

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This is mine....

See also 2nd photo....that is Pascal (from Kevin the Carrot fame) he is also in on the act, he defo doesnt like Christmas lol x

Mine took a better picture with the light on.
As you can see, I am a fan of the Tinsel, much to my Dd and Dgd's disdain.
But my 10 year old Dgs tells me that my tree is the best.
I'm happy with that!

phoenix have you tried it with the tree lights on and the room dimly lit? Ours looks quite good photographed with the tree lights on and just the lamp lighting up the room.

Thank you shysal looks good! I'm afraid that when it comes to knitting, sewing, crochet etc , I'm hopeless!

Do you think that trying a photo with the tree lights turned off would work better?

I have just had a try with my Samsung tablet. The result looks similar to any taken with my camera although it doesn't zoom in well, not enough pixels I presume. The only tree I have this year is my home made knitted one from a pattern seen on GN last year, so not a good test.
I would be interested to see your tree efforts Phoenix even if you are not happy with the pics, also any from other members.