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Issue #446 - Sunday, November 1, 2020
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- A great picture can take a normal cannabis plant or bud and make it look absolutely fantasic! All you need to know is a few tricks and you'll be able to effortlessly upgrade the quality of your plant/bud photos. Today, we're going to show you 10 tricks to make your weed insanely photogenic!
- Check out some of the LED grow lights Nebula's been testing out. What grow light would you like to see us test next?
- While you're honing your ability to take pictures, check out these trophy pics from growers with a good eye for subjects. Once you feel confident, get out there and take some pictures of your own. Even if you neevr show them to anyone, I bet you'll feel good seeing your work from a different perspective!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"Photography takes an instant out of time,
altering life by holding it still."
~Dorothea Lange
10 Tips, Tricks & Tactics For Epic Cannabis Pictures
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I love taking pictures of my cannabis plants.
Yet sometimes the pictures don’t turn out the way I want. I’ve learned many tricks over the years, and today I would like to share with you what I’ve learned so you can take great cannabis pics so you could proudly show off your garden online.
Learn how to capture the natural beauty of cannabis in digital form
One thing I’ve really learned from growing marijuana is that sometimes it’s the little things we miss that can make a huge difference in our workload, save us time, or give us effortlessly better results.
Today, I would like to share some of the little things that have made a big difference to me as far as taking pictures. These tips, techniques, and tutorials will serve you well if you enjoy taking plant pictures, and I believe this info should be known by all growers!
1.) Clear The Background
Take a second to clean your grow room and the area around the plant. You will dramatically increase the quality of your photos when it’s just the plant in the photo. Taking 5 minutes to pick up any stray items or leaves will make a huge difference in your final result.
Try to take pictures of plants against a plain background whenever possible. A white wall works great, but any plain-colored background will help people see your plant in full effect.
If you want stellar pictures, it’s worth the 10 minutes to clean the area and think about presenting a clear picture of only what you want to show.
What am I even supposed to be looking at here?
(pic from when I first started growing)
I guess I was just really excited there were live marijuana plants in my closet 🙂
Cannabis pictures look better with a clean, clear background
Before taking the shot, take a moment to run your eyes around the borders of the frame just to double-check that you’re not accidentally capturing something you don’t want in the photo. Make sure you have a clear shot of the subject you’re trying to take. It should
be completely exposed. For example, avoid the inclusion of random pieces of leaves from the sides covering up anything you want to see.
This shot would have been better if the grower had taken the time to move the leaf on the left side out of the way so you can see the entire bud
A clean black background is always nice
2.) Frame the Picture
Another idea is to look for anything that might make a good frame for the picture. For example...
P.S. Reply to this email with your favorite cannabis pictures and/or photography tricks!
What I'm Growing Right Now
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I topped this plant a bunch of times and spread it out until it filled the tent. I initiated 12/12 at the end of September so it's been flowering a little over 5 weeks. I'm letting it go wild besides watering daily.
This is just for fun. I had an extra Pineapple Chunk plant that was otherwise headed for the bin and an empty clone tent with this light in it. I thought it would be fun to see what happens if I let a plant grow this many buds at once and flower under the HLG 65. Normally I would have pruned it to just a handful of main buds but even if there's a lot of larf it's all getting turned into hash or edibles. However, I've been surprised how hefty the buds are
getting!
Check my Instagram profile for posts on how I trained it.
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Here's one of my other tents. The plants seem to be loving the Electric Sky ES300 V2 LED grow lights so far.
Which grow light do you want to see me test next? Which is your favorite?
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"Dear GWE!
First and foremost: a heartfelt thank you for the incredible work you do! Medicinal cannabis has literally helped save my life and I would not have given it a chance, even less grown it, hadn't it been for you and the content you share.
Second: it would be interesting to read an article on grow room hygiene. Though such a vital part of healthy growing, I find it an aspect often overlooked. After all, a grow room can get really yucky really fast and bring with it so many unneccesary complications; mold, bugs, odor, fire hazards (as I noticed you mentioned in your article on fire prevention), etc. In addition, there is the aspect of growers often using harmful cleaning products to attack the
problem, which is equally unfortunate.
Yet again, thank you!"
~S
First:Thanks for the praise!
Second: That's a fantastic idea. We're defnitely going to write an article on grow room hygiene. 👍 ~Sirius
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"Just wanted to say I love your weekly newsletter, great for referencing. I'm new to indoor growing and learning a lot. Look forward to reading more. Thank you and be safe."
~John
Honestly, I never get tired of hearing that people love our newsletter. It's very rewarding to work hard on something when people enjoy it. ~Sirius
"Your site rox. I love your page."
~Joe M.
Thanks, we try to rock as often as possible! ~Sirius
"I want to thank you for opening my eyes to what can happen when you mix water, combustibles and electricity together in any space but especially a grow tent.
After reading your article my mind raced through everything that could happen with my hydroponic grow and caused me to correct the fire hazards that to anyone else were apparent but I had somehow overlooked.
I redid my electrical connections splitting the power between two circuits, installing gfi strips and mounting a fireball type extinguisher. Thanks to your timely article I am more aware of the fire hazards that could occur.
Thank you so much!"
~Maddoggg
It's great to hear that there's another grower who is now safe from fire hazards. I want every grower (and their weed) to stay safe! 🙏 ~Sirius
Ya did good, kid! Real good! 👍 ~Sirius
If you look closely, you can see the inside of the bud being lit up by light reflecting off of trichomes!
"Not a bonsai but after following you for almost three years I want to show you what an outside look like for me now."
~Mike
Ah, weed and palm trees. Makes me feel right at home! ~Sirius
"Key Lime Pie under Spider Farmer SF-4000's (week 8)"
~Maggs707
Click on the picture to see the full-sized version. The trichomes appear so large that you can count them individually! 🔎 ~Sirius
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I'll be honest with you, when I first started growing, I struggled. Now, it is my mission to make it easier for new growers to get started as well as help advanced growers get bigger, better yields with less time and money. We update/add articles every week and have built a comprehensive growing resource. Anyone and everyone can grow if they want to! If we all share the knowledge there's more buds in the world for everyone
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Sirius Fourside:
Sirius Fourside is a hobbyist grower who has gained the bulk of his experience growing in water as a medium (deep water culture, bubbleponics).
"Growing cannabis can be a relaxing hobby in and of itself, but it also saves you money and keeps you from having to deal with shady characters. Cannabis is much easier to grow than people give it credit for, and growing in water doesn't increase the difficulty much, if any. But whether you want to grow in water, coco, or a different medium, we'll show you how easy it can be!"
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